Helmut Freiherr[1] von Verschuer (6 December 1926 – 15 March 2024), sometimes referred to as Helmut van Verschuer in Dutch, was a German civil servant who was a high-ranking official of the European Commission from 1958 until 1987.
He was a civil servant in the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture in West Germany from 1952 to 1958.
He was also a member of the West German permanent delegation to the negotiations on a European agricultural union 1952–1954 and participated in the Val Duchesse negotiations on the Rome Treaties, their compatibility with the GATT, and the free-trade area (1956–1958).
He played a key role in the EU's membership negotiations with Spain and Portugal.
He was also President of the Association œcuménique européenne pour église et société in Brussels.