Renée Van Hoof-Haferkamp

Renée Van Hoof-Haferkamp (born 19 November 1928 in Cologne, died 20 March 2025) was the first Director-General of the European Commission's interpretation service, DG SCIC. She started her career as personal assistant to Paul-Henri Spaak, the first President of the Common Assembly of the first precursor of the European Union, the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).

Van Hoof-Haferkamp then set up the ECSC's interpretation service. In 1982, she became director-general of DG SCIC and the first female director-general in the European Commission, and the only one until 1990.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Wonen in Brussel: Renée Haferkamp, voormalig tolk". www.bruzz.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  2. ^ "Van Hoof-Haferkamp, Renée". archives.eui.eu. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  3. ^ "Renée Haferkamp, Europe's interpreter who survived the Holocaust". KOHA.net. 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  4. ^ "Renée Van Hoof-Haferkamp: een tolk die pionierswerk verrichtte bij de Europese instellingen". Multimedia Centre. Retrieved 2025-04-07.


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