Frits Bolkestein

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Dutch politician European Commissioner human liberal politician politician

Frits Bolkestein is a Dutch liberal politician and former European Commissioner known for his influential role in shaping free-market and deregulation policies in the Netherlands and the European Union.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch politician → European Commissioner → human → liberal politician → politician →
continentOfCitizenship	Europe →
countryOfCitizenship	Netherlands →
dateOfBirth	1933-04-04 →
educatedAt	London School of Economics → University of Amsterdam NERFINISHED → École Nationale d'Administration →
familyName	Bolkestein →
fieldOfWork	European integration → deregulation → economic policy → free-market policy →
gender	male →
givenName	Frits →
hasRole	European Union policymaker →
knownFor	advocacy of free-market policies → influence on Dutch liberal politics → support for deregulation in the European Union →
languageSpoken	Dutch → English → French →
memberOfPoliticalParty	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy → VVD →
name	Frits Bolkestein →
nationality	Dutch →
notableWork	Bolkestein Directive →
occupation	columnist → politician → writer →
partOf	European Commission →
placeOfBirth	Amsterdam → Netherlands →
politicalIdeology	classical liberalism → free-market liberalism → liberalism →
positionHeld	European Commissioner for Internal Market → European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services → Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy → Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands → Minister of Defence of the Netherlands →
residence	Netherlands →
workLocation	Brussels → The Hague →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie →	formerLeader
VVD →	hasFormerLeader
Frits Bolkestein →	name
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy →	notableMember