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Piet de Jong
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In office
May 11, 1971 ? September 17, 1974
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Preceded by
| Jan Niers
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Succeeded by
| Jan Teijssen
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In office
May 11, 1971 ? September 17, 1974
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In office
April 5, 1967 ? July 6, 1971
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Monarch
| Juliana
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Deputy
| Johan Witteveen
Joop Bakker
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Preceded by
| Jelle Zijlstra
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Succeeded by
| Barend Biesheuvel
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In office
January 7, 1970 ? January 14, 1970
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Prime Minister
| Piet de Jong
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Preceded by
| Leo de Block
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Succeeded by
| Roelof Nelissen
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In office
February 23, 1967 ? April 5, 1967
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In office
July 24, 1963 ? April 5, 1967
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Prime Minister
| Vic Marijnen
(1963-1965)
Jo Cals
(1965-1966)
Jelle Zijlstra
(1966-1967)
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Preceded by
| Sim Visser
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Succeeded by
| Willem den Toom
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In office
June 25, 1959 ? July 24, 1963
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Prime Minister
| Jan de Quay
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Preceded by
| Harry Moorman
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Succeeded by
| Adri van Es
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Born
| Petrus Jozef Sietze de Jong
(
1915-04-03
)
April 3, 1915
Apeldoorn
,
Netherlands
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Died
| July 27, 2016
(2016-07-27)
(aged 101)
The Hague
, Netherlands
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Nationality
| Dutch
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Political party
| Christian Democratic Appeal
(from 1980)
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Other political
affiliations
| Catholic People's Party
(1959-1980)
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Spouse(s)
| Anneke Bartels
(m. 1947-2010; her death)
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Children
| Maria
(born 1948)
Jos
(born 1949)
Gijs
(born 1952)
[1]
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Residence
| The Hague
,
Netherlands
[2]
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Alma mater
| Royal Netherlands Naval College
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Occupation
| Politician
Naval officer
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Awards
| Order of Orange-Nassau
(Knight Grand Cross)
Bronze Cross
(2)
Distinguished Service Cross
Medal for Order and Peace
War Memorial Cross
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Nickname(s)
| Little Piet
Her
Majesty's
own garden gnome
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Allegiance
| The Netherlands
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Branch/service
| Royal Netherlands Navy
(
Royal Netherlands Navy Submarine Service
)
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Years of service
| 1934-1959
(Reserve from 1959-1963)
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Rank
| Captain
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Commands
| HNLMS O 24
HNLMS De Zeeuw
HNLMS Gelderland
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Battles/wars
| World War II
Cold War
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Aide-de-camp
| Queen Juliana
(1955-1958)
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Chief of staff
| Inspector General of the Navy
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
(1955-1958)
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Petrus Jozef Sietse "Piet" de Jong
(April 3, 1915 – July 27, 2016) was a
Dutch
politician. He was for the
Catholic People's Party
(KVP) now merged into the
Christian Democratic Appeal
(CDA).
Petrus Josef Sietse de Jong
was born on April 3, 1915 in
Apeldoorn
in the
Netherlands Province
of
Gelderland
. He studied at the
Royal Netherlands Navy
as a midshipman in 1931 and soon attended the
Royal Netherlands Naval College
in
Den Helder
.
He served as
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
from April 5, 1967 until July 6, 1971.
[3]
[4]
De Jong is known for his dry
wit
and quick remarks. His abilities as a
team leader
were greatly admired. The
Cabinet De Jong
was the first
cabinet
after
World War II
that completed a full term without any internal conflicts.
[1]
de Jong was married to Anneke Bartels from 1947 until her death in 2010. They had three children. He lived at
The Hague
. de Jong died at his The Hague home from natural causes on July 27, 2016, aged 101.
Until his death in July 2016, he was the oldest and earliest serving former
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
and the
oldest living state leader
at the age of 101. Over forty years after he left office, De Jong was comment on political affairs as an elder statesman.
[5]
- ↑
1.0
1.1
Brouwer, Jan Willem; van Merrienboer, Johan (2001).
Van buitengaats naar Binnenhof: P.J.S. de Jong, een biografie
. Sdu Uitgevers.
ISBN
978-90-12-08774-2
. Retrieved
April 3,
2013
.
- ↑
(in Dutch)
Pietje
Archived
2016-06-10 at the
Wayback Machine
, Reformed Political Party, October 3, 2010
- ↑
(in Dutch)
‘De oorlog was de oorzaak van geduvel in ’68’
, NRC Handelsblad, May 10, 2008
- ↑
(in English)
Piet de Jong AKA Petrus Jozef Sietze de Jong
, NNDB, May 6, 2006
- ↑
(in Dutch)
De putschisten zijn onder ons
[
permanent dead link
]
, De Groene Amsterdammer, October 28, 2005
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Media related to
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at Wikimedia Commons
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Alphabetical
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-)
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