Famous People with Name Claes

Claes Eriksson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Claes Eriksson: is a retired professional Swedish ice hockey player.

Claës Henrik Magnus König            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Claës Henrik Magnus König: was a Swedish horse rider who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Claes Edvin Johansson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Claes Edvin Johansson: was a Swedish wrestler who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, in the 1920 Summer Olympics, and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Willy Werner Hubert Claes            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Willy Werner Hubert Claes: was Secretary General of NATO and a Belgian politician. He was a member of the Flemish Socialist Party.Willy Claes began his political career in the Hasselt city council. In 1968, he was elected to the national parliament. In 1972, he entered the cabinet

Willem Werner Hubert "Willy" Claes            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Willem Werner Hubert "Willy" Claes: was the eighth Secretary General of NATO and a Belgian politician. He was a member of the Flemish Socialist Party.Claes was foreign minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1994, and secretary general of NATO from 1994 until 1995, when he resigned after the discovery of a bribe of over 50 million Belgian francs that was accepted during contract negotiations with Agusta helicopters during the time he was minister of economic affairs. For that he was convicted in 1998, losing voting rights for five years.Cools had a long and distinguished political career. He was Belgian budget minister from 1968 to 1971, Deputy Prime Minister from 1969 to 1972, head of the Belgian Socialist Party from 1973 to 1978, head of the Parti Socialiste from 1978 to 1981, president of the Walloon Council from 1982 to 1985, and minister of the government of the Walloon Region from 1988 to 1990. He was also given the honorific title of Minister of State (Belgium) in 1983. In 1990 he retired from the national political scene after an internal power struggle within the PS but he remained influenc ial in the PS party in Liège.