Dries van Agt

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Dries van Agt is a Dutch politician and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1977 to 1982 and was a leading figure in the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch politician
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
human
jurist
appointedBy Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands
surface form: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
causeOfDeath euthanasia
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands
dateOfBirth 1931-02-02
dateOfDeath 2024-02-05
diedAlongside Eugenie Krekelberg
educatedAt Radboud University Nijmegen
endTime 1982-11-04 (term as Prime Minister)
familyName van Agt
fieldOfWork law
politics
givenName Andreas
honorificTitle Minister of State of the Netherlands
surface form: Minister of State (Netherlands)
ideology Christian democracy
knownFor critical views on Israeli policy towards Palestinians in later life
founding leadership of the Christian Democratic Appeal
leading the first CDA-led cabinet (Van Agt I)
languageSpoken Dutch
mannerOfDeath voluntary euthanasia
memberOf Catholic People’s Party
surface form: Catholic People's Party

Christian Democratic Appeal
nickname Dries
notableWork memoirs and political essays (various books in Dutch)
numberOfChildren 3
occupation diplomat
jurist
politician
university lecturer
placeOfBirth Eindhoven
placeOfDeath Nijmegen
positionHeld Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal
Member of the European Parliament
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Minister of Justice and Security of the Netherlands
surface form: Minister of Justice of the Netherlands

Prime Minister of the Netherlands
King’s Commissioner of North Brabant
surface form: Queen's Commissioner of North Brabant
precededBy Joop den Uyl
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Nijmegen (various periods)
spouse Eugenie Krekelberg
startTime 1977-12-19 (term as Prime Minister)
succeededBy Ruud Lubbers

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CDA notablePrimeMinisterFromParty Dries van Agt
Joop den Uyl succeededBy Dries van Agt
this entity surface form: Dries van Agt (as Prime Minister of the Netherlands)
Cabinet-Den Uyl notableMember Dries van Agt
Ruud Lubbers precededBy Dries van Agt