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His Excellency Maan Sassen
Sassen in 1968

Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the European Union
In office 1 January 1971 – 1 January 1977
Preceded by	Unknown
Succeeded by	Unknown
European Commissioner for Competition
In office 30 June 1967 – 30 June 1970
President	Jean Rey
Preceded by	Hans von der Groeben
Succeeded by	Albert Borschette
Member of the European Parliament
In office 1 January 1958 – 13 February 1958
Parliamentary group	Christian Democratic Group
Constituency	Netherlands
Member of the European Coal and Steel Community Parliament
In office 10 September 1952 – 1 January 1958
Parliamentary group	Christian Democratic Group
Constituency	Netherlands
Member of the Senate
In office 13 November 1956 – 4 February 1958
In office 15 July 1952 – 6 November 1956
Parliamentary group	Catholic People's Party
Minister of Colonial Affairs
In office 7 August 1948 – 14 February 1949
Prime Minister	Willem Drees
Preceded by	Jan Jonkman
Succeeded by	Johan van Maarseveen
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 4 June 1946 – 7 August 1948
Parliamentary group	Catholic People's Party

Personal details
Born	Emmanuel Marie Joseph Antony Sassen (1911-09-11)11 September 1911 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Died	20 December 1995(1995-12-20) (aged 84) 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Other political affiliations	Catholic People's Party (1945–1980) Roman Catholic State Party (1938–1945)
Occupation	Politician

Emmanuel Marie Joseph Antony "Maan" Sassen (11 September 1911 – 20 December 1995) was a Dutch politician, who served as European Commissioner for Competition in the Rey Commission from 1967 to 1971.^[1]

Career

Sassen studied law and earned a doctorate. From 1936 to 1950 he worked as a lawyer and district attorney. In 1939 he became a member of the States of North Brabant. In 1946 he was elected to the Dutch House of Representatives for the Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP). He served as Minister responsible for the Dutch Colonies (1948–1949) and as European Commissioner for Competition in the Rey Commission from 1967 to 1971.

He was a member of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community from its establishment in 1952 and was the first President of the Christian Democratic group, the predecessor of the European People's Party Group.

^ Schrijver, N. J. (2011). Netherlands Yearbook of International Law - 2003. Cambridge University Press. p. 100. ISBN 9789067041881. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

Preceded by Sicco Mansholt	Dutch European Commissioner 1967–1971 Served alongside: Sicco Mansholt	Succeeded by Sicco Mansholt
Preceded by Hans von der Groeben	European Commissioner for Competition 1967–1971	Succeeded by Albert Borschette

v t e European Commissioners from the Netherlands
Sicco Mansholt (1958–1973) Maan Sassen (1967–1970) Pierre Lardinois (1973–1977) Henk Vredeling (1977–1981) Frans Andriessen (1981–1993) Hans van den Broek (1993–1999) Frits Bolkestein (1999–2004) Neelie Kroes (2004–2014) Frans Timmermans (2014–2023) Wopke Hoekstra (since 2023)

v t e Ministers of Colonial Affairs of the Netherlands
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Van der Heim Cambier Van der Heim Van der Capellen Van der Hoop Goldberg Falck Elout Van Ufford Van Gobbelschroy Clifford Brocx Van den Bosch Baud Rijk Baud Van den Bosch Pahud Mijer Rochussen Lotsy De Groot van Kraaijenburg Uhlenbeck Betz Fransen van de Putte Mijer Trakranen Hasselman De Waal Brocx Van Bosse Fransen van de Putte Van Goltstein van Oldenaller Alting Mees Van Bosse Van Rees Van Goltstein van Oldenaller De Brauw Van Erp Taalman Kip Van Bloemen Waanders Weitzel Sprenger van Eyk Keuchenius Mackay Van Dedem Bergsma Cremer Van Asch van Wijck Bergansius Idenburg Fock Heemskerk Idenburg De Waal Malefijt Pleyte Rambonnet Pleyte Idenburg Ruijs de Beerenbrouck De Graaff Colijn Welter Koningsberger De Graaff Colijn Welter Van den Bussche Welter Gerbrandy Van Mook Schmutzer Logemann Jonkman Sassen Van Maarseveen Drees Peters Kernkamp Staf Helders Korthals