Robert Verrue (14 November 1947 – 26 September 2012) was an official of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...

. He has served as Director-General of the Directorate-General for Employment (from 2008), Director-General for Taxation & Customs Union (2002–2008) and Director-General for Information Society (1996–2002). After receiving a degree in business management in 1968, he attended the

College of Europe The College of Europe (; ; ) is a post-graduate institute of European studies with three campuses in Bruges, Belgium; Warsaw, Poland; and Tirana, Albania. The College of Europe in Bruges was founded in 1949 as a result of the 1948 Congress of ...

(international economics) 1968–1969. He has a Master in Business Administration from

INSEAD INSEAD ( ; French: ''Institut européen d'administration des affaires'') is a non-profit business school with locations in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and North America (San Francisco, USA ...

, where he studied 1970–1971. He joined the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission as a junior economist in 1973. He served as director at the Directorate-General for Industrial Affairs and Internal Market 1988–1993 and Deputy Director General at the Directorate-General for External Affairs 1993–1995, responsible for relations with Central European Countries and CIS Republics.

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