Robert Schuman By facebooker_605330293241491 Period: Jan 1, 1919 to Dec 31, 1963 Career time Period: 1919 to 1940 Member of the French national assembly Period: 1940 to 1942 Arrested by the Gestapo Period: 1948 to 1952 Minister of Foreign Affairs May 9, 1950 Schuman plan Period: 1951 to 1952 France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands sign the agreement for the European Coal and Steel Community Period: 1955 to 1956 Minister of Justice Period: 1958 to 1960 President of the Common Assembly of the ECC Period: 1958 to 1960 President of the European parliament Period: 1960 to 1963 Member of the European parliament