The Resume

(November 9, 1888-March 16, 1979)
Born in Cognac, France
Deputy Secretary General of the League of Nations (1919-1923)
President of the High Authority of the ECSC (1952-1955)
One of the founders of the European Union

Why he might be annoying:

He is French.
His family sold alcohol.
His vision of a European Union is fraught with difficulties.
He never held elected office.
He knocked up a 22 year old girl who was married to another dude.
She then divorced her husband and married him.

Why he might not be annoying:

The Jean Monnet Building of the European Commission is named after him.
He believed correctly that the only way World War I would be won was through increased co-ordination of the Allied war effort.
John Maynard Keynes said that his co-ordination efforts probably shortened World War II by a year.
His vision of the European Union was not 'forming coalitions of states' but 'uniting men.'
He was a strong opponent of the Vietnam War.
He is considered one of the principle founders of the European Union.

Credit: D & Captain Howdy

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Captain Howdy's Profiles [Series 6]
• I am a Citizen of France
• I Am Buried at the Pantheon in Paris
• I Attended John F. Kennedy's Funeral [November 25, 1963]
• I Died in 1979 (Ranked: 90)
• Look at Me, I'm on the Cover of Time
• Look at My Flag
• Look at My Magazine Cover
• Profiles 32751-33000 (Ranked: 32947)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying