Barend Biesheuvel

Barend Biesheuvel

Barend Willem Biesheuvel (April 5, 1920 in Haarlemmerliede - April 29, 2001 in Haarlem) was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP).

Biesheuvel was prime minister from 1971 to 1973. He was also a deputy prime minister, a government minister, a member-parliamentary leader of the Second Chamber and a member of the European Parliament.

He studied law at the Free University Amsterdam.

Biesheuvel was a Reformed Christian. He died in 2001, aged 81.

References

• (in Dutch) Bio at Parlement.com

Post-war prime ministers of the Netherlands

Alphabetical
Dries van Agt (CDA) --- Jan Peter Balkenende (CDA) --- Louis Beel (KVP) --- Barend Biesheuvel (ARP) --- Jo Cals (KVP) --- Willem Drees (PvdA) --- Piet de Jong (KVP) --- Wim Kok (PvdA) --- Ruud Lubbers (CDA) --- Vic Marijnen (KVP) --- Jan de Quay (KVP) --- Mark Rutte (VVD) --- Wim Schermerhorn (VDB) --- Joop den Uyl (PvdA) --- Jelle Zijlstra (ARP)

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Chronological
Wim Schermerhorn (VDB, 1945-1946) --- Louis Beel (KVP, 1946-1948) --- Willem Drees (PvdA, 1948-1958) --- Louis Beel (KVP, 1958-1959) --- Jan de Quay (KVP, 1959-1963) --- Vic Marijnen (KVP, 1963-1965) --- Jo Cals (KVP, 1965-1966) --- Jelle Zijlstra (ARP, 1966-1967) --- Piet de Jong (KVP, 1967-1971) --- Barend Biesheuvel (ARP, 1971-1973) --- Joop den Uyl (PvdA, 1973-1977) --- Dries van Agt (CDA, 1977-1982) --- Ruud Lubbers (CDA, 1982-1994) --- Wim Kok (PvdA, 1994-2002) --- Jan Peter Balkenende (CDA, 2002-2010) --- Mark Rutte (VVD, 2010-)