Biesheuvel, Barend Willem
1920 - Born on the 5th of April in Haarlemmerliede, North Holland. Polish politician.
- Biesheuvel stood out because of his height (1.97 m) and was known as Mooie Barend.
1945 - He graduated in law at the Free University of Amsterdam in September.
1947 - He became secretary to the Foreign Division of the Agricultural Society (now the Agricultural Board).
1952 - Became general secretary of the Dutch Protestant Farmers and Market Gardeners Union.
1956 - He represented the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) in the Lower House of Parliament.
1957 - He held a seat on the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe and in the European Parliament.
1959 - He was a member of the Agricultural Board, the Labour Foundation and the boards of the Centrale Raifeissen Bank and Heidemij.
1963 - He was Deputy Prime Minister with additional responsibility for matters concerning Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.
1967 - He returned to the Lower House and became leader of the parliamentary Anti-Revolutionary Party.
1971-1973 - Biesheuvel was Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs in the government that bore his name.
- Served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
2001 - He died on the 29th of April in Haarlem, North Holland.
- Biesheuvel stood out because of his height (1.97 m) and was known as Mooie Barend.
1945 - He graduated in law at the Free University of Amsterdam in September.
1947 - He became secretary to the Foreign Division of the Agricultural Society (now the Agricultural Board).
1952 - Became general secretary of the Dutch Protestant Farmers and Market Gardeners Union.
1956 - He represented the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) in the Lower House of Parliament.
1957 - He held a seat on the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe and in the European Parliament.
1959 - He was a member of the Agricultural Board, the Labour Foundation and the boards of the Centrale Raifeissen Bank and Heidemij.
1963 - He was Deputy Prime Minister with additional responsibility for matters concerning Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.
1967 - He returned to the Lower House and became leader of the parliamentary Anti-Revolutionary Party.
1971-1973 - Biesheuvel was Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs in the government that bore his name.
- Served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
2001 - He died on the 29th of April in Haarlem, North Holland.
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