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People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

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The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, VVD) is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands. [1]

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Abortion-rights movements

Abortion-rights movements, also referred to as pro-choice movements, advocate for legal access to induced abortion services.

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Algemeen Dagblad

The Algemeen Dagblad or AD is a Dutch daily newspaper based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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Algemeen Handelsblad

Algemeen Handelsblad was an influential Amsterdam-based liberal daily newspaper published between 1828 and 1970.

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Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep

AVRO (Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep or in English: "General Association of Radio Broadcasting") was a Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system.

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Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group (ALDE) is the liberal–centrist political group of the European Parliament.

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Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) is a European political party mainly active in the European Union, composed of 60 national-level liberal parties from across Europe.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands.

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André Bosman

André Bosman (born 20 January 1965 in Maarn) is a Dutch politician and former officer, flight instructor and aviator.

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Ankie Broekers-Knol

Anneke "Ankie" Broekers-Knol (born 23 November 1946) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Anne Mulder

Anne Mulder (born December 14, 1969 in Hoogeveen) is a Dutch politician and former civil servant.

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Annemarie Jorritsma

Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink (born 1 June 1950) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Anti-Revolutionary Party

The Anti-Revolutionary Party (Anti-Revolutionaire Partij, ARP) was a Protestant Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands.

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Arno Brok

Arnoud Adrianus Maria "Arno" Brok (born 29 July 1968) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) serving as the King's Commissioner of Friesland since 1 March 2017.

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Arno Rutte

Arno Rutte (born 24 April 1972 in Hengelo) is a Dutch politician.

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Aukje de Vries

Aukje de Vries (born 21 October 1964 in Leeuwarden) is a Dutch politician.

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Austerity

Austerity is a political-economic term referring to policies that aim to reduce government budget deficits through spending cuts, tax increases, or a combination of both.

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Balanced budget

A balanced budget (particularly that of a government) is a budget in which revenues are equal to expenditures.

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Barbara Visser

Barbara Visser (born 16 August 1977 in Šibenik, Croatia) is a Dutch politician and the current State Secretary for Defense.

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Bas Eenhoorn

Herman Bastiaan (Bas) Eenhoorn (born September 14, 1946 in Groningen) is a Dutch politician and former civil servant.

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Bas van 't Wout

Bastiaan (Bas) van 't Wout (born 22 April 1979 in Amersfoort) is a Dutch politician.

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Benk Korthals

Albert Hendrik "Benk" Korthals (born 5 October 1944) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.

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Blue

Blue is one of the three primary colours of pigments in painting and traditional colour theory, as well as in the RGB colour model.

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Breakthrough (Dutch political history)

The Doorbraak (literally: Breakthrough) was an attempt to renew the politics of the Netherlands after the Second World War.

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Bruno Bruins

Bruno Johannes Bruins (born 10 July 1963) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) serving as Minister for Medical Care in the Third Rutte cabinet since 26 October 2017.

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Burgemeester

In the Netherlands and Belgium, the mayor (burgemeester or bourgmestre) is an appointed government position, whose main responsibility is chairing the executive and legislative councils of a municipality.

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Cals cabinet

The Cals cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 14 April 1965 until 22 November 1966.

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Catholic People's Party

The Catholic People's Party (Katholieke Volkspartij, KVP) was a Catholic Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands.

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Centre-right politics

Centre-right politics or center-right politics (American English), also referred to as moderate-right politics, are politics that lean to the right of the left–right political spectrum, but are closer to the centre than other right-wing variants.

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Chair of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

The Chair of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is the party chair, chief administrator and manager of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, VVD) in the Netherlands.

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Chantal Nijkerken-de Haan

Chantal Nijkerken-de Haan (born 18 September 1973) is a Dutch politician, she has been a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy since 31 March 2015, when she replaced Klaas Dijkhoff who took up a position as State Secretary in the cabinet.

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Christian Democratic Appeal

The Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl,; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands.

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Christian Historical Union

The Christian Historical Union (Christelijk-Historische Unie, CHU) was a Protestant Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands.

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Christianne van der Wal

Christianne van der Wal-Zeggelink (born 13 November 1973) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Citizenship

Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a legal member of a sovereign state or belonging to a nation.

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Classical liberalism

Classical liberalism is a political ideology and a branch of liberalism which advocates civil liberties under the rule of law with an emphasis on economic freedom.

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Clemens Cornielje

Clemens Gerard Antoon Cornielje (born 10 June 1958 in Lobith) is a Dutch politician and former political consultant and educator.

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Collective bargaining

Collective bargaining is a process of negotiation between employers and a group of employees aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries, working conditions, benefits, and other aspects of workers' compensation and rights for workers.

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College van burgemeester en wethouders

The college van burgemeester en wethouders (abbreviated as college van B&W or simply B&W) is the executive board of a municipality in the Netherlands.

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Conservative liberalism

Conservative liberalism is a variant of liberalism, combining liberal values and policies with conservative stances, or simply representing the right-wing of the liberal movement.

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Cora van Nieuwenhuizen

Cornelia (Cora) van Nieuwenhuizen-Wijbenga (born 12 June 1963) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) serving as Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Mark Rutte since October 2017.

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Cultural assimilation

Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble those of a dominant group.

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Cultural liberalism

Cultural liberalism is a liberal view of society that stresses the freedom of individuals from cultural norms and in the words of Thoreau is often expressed as the right to "march to the beat of a different drummer".

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De Jong cabinet

The De Jong cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 5 April 1967 until 6 July 1971.

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Death in office

A death in office is the death of a person who was incumbent of an office-position until the time of death.

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Democracy

Democracy (δημοκρατία dēmokraa thetía, literally "rule by people"), in modern usage, has three senses all for a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting.

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Democratic Socialists '70

The Democratic Socialists '70 (Democratisch Socialisten '70, DS'70) was a social democratic political party in the Netherlands.

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Democrats 66

Democrats 66 (Democraten 66, D66,; officially Politieke Partij Democraten 66) is a social-liberal political party in the Netherlands.

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Den Uyl cabinet

The Den Uyl cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 11 May 1973 until 19 December 1977.

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Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands

The Vice Minister-President of the Netherlands (Viceminister-president van Nederland), commonly referred to in English as the Deputy Prime Minister, is the official deputy of the head of government of the Netherlands.

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Deregulation

Deregulation is the process of removing or reducing state regulations, typically in the economic sphere.

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Dirk Stikker

Dirk Uipko Stikker, (5 February 1897 – 23 December 1979) was a Dutch banker, industrialist, politician, and diplomat.

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Doctor (title)

Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning.

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Drenthe

Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country.

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Drug policy of the Netherlands

While recreational use, possession and trade of non-medicinal drugs described by the Opium Law are all technically illegal under Dutch law, official policy since the late 20th century has been to openly tolerate all recreational use while tolerating the other two under certain circumstances.

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Dutch East Indies

The Dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East-Indies; Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Hindia Belanda) was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia.

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Dutch general election, 1948

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 7 July 1948.

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Dutch general election, 1952

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 June 1952.

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Dutch general election, 1956

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 13 June 1956.

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Dutch general election, 1959

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 12 March 1959.

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Dutch general election, 1963

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 May 1963.

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Dutch general election, 1967

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 February 1967.

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Dutch general election, 1971

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 28 April 1971.

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Dutch general election, 1972

Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 29 November 1972.

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Dutch general election, 1977

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 25 May 1977.

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Dutch general election, 1981

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 26 May 1981.

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Dutch general election, 1982

Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 8 September 1982.

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Dutch general election, 1986

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 21 May 1986.

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Dutch general election, 1989

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 September 1989.

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Dutch general election, 1994

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 3 May 1994.

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Dutch general election, 1998

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 May 1998.

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Dutch general election, 2002

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 15 May 2002.

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Dutch general election, 2003

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 January 2003.

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Dutch general election, 2006

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 November 2006 following the fall of the Second Balkenende cabinet.

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Dutch general election, 2010

General elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday, 9 June 2010.

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Dutch general election, 2012

Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 12 September 2012 after Prime Minister Mark Rutte handed in his government's resignation to Queen Beatrix on 23 April.

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Dutch general election, 2017

General elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 15 March 2017 to elect all 150 members of the House of Representatives.

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Dutch municipal elections, 2006

The Dutch municipal elections of 2006 were held on March 7, 2006.

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Dutch provincial elections, 2007

Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands, on March 7, 2007.

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Dutch provincial elections, 2011

Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 2 March 2011.

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Dutch provincial elections, 2015

Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 18 March 2015.

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Dutch Senate election, 2007

The elections of the Dutch Senate of 2007 were held on 29 May 2007, following the provincial elections on 7 March 2007.

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Dutch Senate election, 2011

The elections of the Dutch Senate of 2011 were held on 23 May 2011, following the provincial elections on 2 March 2011.

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Dutch Senate election, 2015

The elections of the Dutch Senate were held on 26 May 2015.

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Economic liberalism

Economic liberalism is an economic system organized on individual lines, which means the greatest possible number of economic decisions are made by individuals or households rather than by collective institutions or organizations.

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Ed Nijpels

Eduardus Hermannus Theresia Maria (Ed) Nijpels (born 1 April 1950 in Den Helder) is a Dutch CEO and former politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Eduard Bomhoff

Eduard Jan Bomhoff (born 30 September 1944) is a Dutch economist and academic.

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Edzo Toxopeus

Edzo Hendrik Toxopeus (19 February 1918 – 23 August 2009) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Eindhoven

Eindhoven is a municipality and city in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender streams.

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Emancipation

Emancipation is any effort to procure economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group, or more generally, in discussion of such matters.

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Employers' organization

Just like trade unions being represented by workers for promoting their economic and social interests,in the same manner employer's join employers organisation.An employers' organization or employers' association is a collective organization of manufacturers, retailers, or other employers of wage labor.

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Eric Wiebes

Eric Derk Wiebes (born 12 March 1963) is a Dutch politician, consultant and civil servant of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) serving as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy in the Third Rutte cabinet, in office since 26 October 2017.

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Erik Ziengs

Erik Ziengs (born September 27, 1960 in Hoogersmilde) is a Dutch politician and businessman.

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European Commission

The European Commission (EC) is an institution of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.

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European debt crisis

The European debt crisis (often also referred to as the Eurozone crisis or the European sovereign debt crisis) is a multi-year debt crisis that has been taking place in the European Union since the end of 2009.

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European Liberal Youth

European Liberal Youth (Abbreviated as LYMEC) is an international organisation of liberal youth movements – mostly the youth wings of members of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.

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European Parliament

The European Parliament (EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU).

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European Parliament election, 1979 (Netherlands)

The European Parliament election of 1979 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 1979–1984 term of the European Parliament.

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European Parliament election, 1984 (Netherlands)

The European Parliament election of 1984 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 1984–1989 term of the European Parliament.

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European Parliament election, 1989 (Netherlands)

The European Parliament election of 1989 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 1989–1994 term of the European Parliament.

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European Parliament election, 1994 (Netherlands)

The European Parliament election of 1994 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 1994–1999 term of the European Parliament.

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European Parliament election, 1999 (Netherlands)

The European Parliament election of 1999 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 1999–2004 term of the European Parliament.

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European Parliament election, 2004 (Netherlands)

The European Parliament election of 2004 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament.

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European Parliament election, 2009 (Netherlands)

The European Parliament election of 2009 in the Netherlands took place on 4 June 2009.

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European Parliament election, 2014 (Netherlands)

The 2014 European Parliament election for the election of the delegation from the Netherlands was held on 22 May 2014.

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European Single Market

The European Single Market, Internal Market or Common Market is a single market which seeks to guarantee the free movement of goods, capital, services, and labour – the "four freedoms" – within the European Union (EU).

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Euthanasia

Euthanasia (from εὐθανασία; "good death": εὖ, eu; "well" or "good" – θάνατος, thanatos; "death") is the practice of intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering.

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First Balkenende cabinet

The First Balkenende cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 until 27 May 2003.

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First Kok cabinet

The First Kok cabinet, also called the First Purple cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 3 August 1998.

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First Lubbers cabinet

The First Lubbers cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 4 November 1982 until 14 July 1986.

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First Rutte cabinet

The First Rutte cabinet, also called the Rutte–Verhagen cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 14 October 2010 until 5 November 2012.

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Flevoland

Flevoland is the twelfth and last province of the Netherlands, established on 1 January 1986, when the southern and eastern Flevopolders were merged into one provincial entity.

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Foort van Oosten

Foort van Oosten (born 25 June 1977 in Dordrecht) is a Dutch politician and lawyer.

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Frank de Grave

Franciscus Hendrikus Gerardus (Frank) de Grave (born 27 June 1955, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch politician.

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Frank van Kappen

Franklin Ernest "Frank" van Kappen (born 4 August 1941) is a Dutch politician and retired soldier.

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Fred de Graaf

Godefridus Jan "Fred" de Graaf (born 28 February 1950) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Free market

In economics, a free market is an idealized system in which the prices for goods and services are determined by the open market and consumers, in which the laws and forces of supply and demand are free from any intervention by a government, price-setting monopoly, or other authority.

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Free-thinking Democratic League

The Free-thinking Democratic League (Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond, VDB) was a progressive liberal political party in the Netherlands.

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Freedom Party (Netherlands)

The Freedom Party (PvdV) was a short-lived conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands.

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Friesland

Friesland (official, Fryslân), also historically known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the northern part of the country.

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Frits Bolkestein

Frederik "Frits" Bolkestein (born 4 April 1933) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Frits Korthals Altes

Frederik "Frits" Korthals Altes (born 15 May 1931) is a Dutch politician, who served as justice minister (1982–1989) during the first and second cabinets of prime minister Ruud Lubbers.

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Geert Wilders

Geert Wilders (born 6 September 1963) is a Dutch politician who is the founder and the current leader of the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid – PVV).

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Gelderland

Gelderland (also Guelders in English) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country.

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Gerrit Zalm

Gerrit Zalm (born 6 May 1952) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Groningen (province)

Groningen (Gronings: Grunn; Grinslân) is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands.

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Halbe Zijlstra

Halbe Zijlstra (born 21 January 1969) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Han ten Broeke

Johannes Hermanus "Han" ten Broeke (born 2 March 1969) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, VVD) serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 30 November 2006.

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Hans Dijkstal

Henri Frans "Hans" Dijkstal (28 February 1943 – 9 May 2010) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Hans van Baalen

Johannes Cornelis "Hans" van Baalen (born 17 June 1960) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) serving as a Member of the European Parliament and Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the European Parliament since 14 July 2009. He also is President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party since 21 November 2015. Van Baalen, a jurist and management consultant by occupation, worked for Deloitte as Director of Public relations from his graduation in 1988 until 1999. He became a Member of the House of Representatives on 28 September 1999 serving until 23 May 2002. After the Dutch general election of 2003 he was re-elected as Member of the House of Representatives serving from 30 January 2003 until 14 July 2009 when he became Member of the European Parliament. Van Baalen served as President of the Liberal International from 20 April 2009 until 26 April 2014.

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Hans Wiegel

Hans Wiegel (born 16 July 1941) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Harm van Riel

Harm van Riel (18 February 1907 – 13 December 1980) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Haya van Someren

Haya Victoria van Someren-Downer (born Gerarda Victoria Downer; 5 July 1926 – 12 November 1980) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Hayke Veldman

Habbo Siebold "Hayke" Veldman (born 5 November 1969) is a Dutch politician, he was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy between 25 June 2014 and 23 March 2017.

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Helma Lodders

Wilhelmina Jenneke Helena (Helma) Lodders (born June 21, 1968 in Klundert) is a Dutch politician.

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Henry Keizer

Judicus Marinus Henricus Jacobus "Henry" Keizer (born 4 November 1960) is a Dutch businessman and a former Chairman of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, the leading political party in the Netherlands.

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Herman Heinsbroek

Hermanus Philippus Johannes Bernardus Heinsbroek (born 12 January 1951) is a Dutch entrepreneur and was Minister of Economic Affairs in the First Balkenende cabinet.

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Historic composition of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands

The Historic composition of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands gives an overview of the composition of the House of Representatives (lower house) of the Dutch parliament.

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Historic composition of the Senate of the Netherlands

The historic composition of the Senate of the Netherlands gives an overview of the composition of the upper house of the Dutch parliament (in Dutch: Eerste Kamer, First Chamber).

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House of Representatives (Netherlands)

The House of Representatives (pronounced; commonly referred to as the, literally Second Chamber) is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General, the other one being the Senate.

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Independent politician

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party.

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International Federation of Liberal Youth

The International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) is an international liberal youth organization.

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Internationalism (politics)

Internationalism is a political principle which transcends nationalism and advocates a greater political or economic cooperation among nations and people.

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Interwar period

In the context of the history of the 20th century, the interwar period was the period between the end of the First World War in November 1918 and the beginning of the Second World War in September 1939.

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Ivo Opstelten

Ivo Willem Opstelten (born 31 January 1944) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Jan Gmelich Meijling

Jan Christoffel Gmelich Meijling (4 February 1936 – 2 June 2012) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Jan Huitema

Jan Huitema (born 5 July 1984) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands since July 2014.

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Jan Peter Balkenende

Jan Pieter "Jan Peter" Balkenende Jr. (born 7 May 1956) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 until 14 October 2010.

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Jan van Zanen

Jan Hendrikus Cornelis "Jan" van Zanen (born 4 September 1961) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert

Jeanine Antoinette Hennis-Plasschaert (born 7 April 1973) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Jelleke Veenendaal

Jelleke Veenendaal (born 15 December 1953 in Alkmaar) is a Dutch politician.

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Jo Cals

Jozef Maria Laurens Theo Cals (18 July 1914 – 30 December 1971) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP), now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

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Johan Remkes

Johannes Wijnandus "Johan" Remkes (born 15 June 1951) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) serving as the King's Commissioner of North Holland since 1 July 2010.

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Johan Witteveen

Hendrikus Johannes "Johan" Witteveen (born 12 June 1921) is a retired Dutch politician and economist who served as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1973 to 1978.

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John Jorritsma

John Jorritsma (born 1956 in Bolsward) is a Dutch politician.

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Joop den Uyl

Johannes Marten den Uijl, better known as Joop den Uyl (9 August 1919 – 24 December 1987) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 11 May 1973 until 19 December 1977.

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Joris Voorhoeve

Joris Jacob Clemens Voorhoeve (born 22 December 1945) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Jozias van Aartsen

Jozias Johannes van Aartsen (born 25 December 1947) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) serving as Acting Mayor of Amsterdam since 4 December 2017.

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King's Commissioner

The King’s Commissioner (Commissaris van de Koning, abbreviated to CvdK) is the head of a province in the Netherlands.

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Klaas Dijkhoff

Klaas Henricus Dominicus Maria Dijkhoff (born 13 January 1981) is a Dutch politician and legal scholar serving as leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives since 26 October 2017.

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Koos Rietkerk

Jacobus Gijsbert (Koos) Rietkerk (14 December 1927, Boskoop – 20 February 1986, The Hague) was a Dutch politician.

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Labour Party (Netherlands)

The Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid,, abbreviated as PvdA, or P van de A) is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands.

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Laissez-faire

Laissez-faire (from) is an economic system in which transactions between private parties are free from government intervention such as regulation, privileges, tariffs and subsidies.

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Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

The Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is the most senior politician within the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, VVD) in the Netherlands.

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Leendert de Lange

Leendert Arent-Willem de Lange (born 13 November 1972) is a Dutch politician, has been a member of the House of Representatives for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy since 31 October 2017.

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Leendert Ginjaar

Leendert Ginjaar (28 May 1928, Leiden – 17 September 2003, Goes) was a Dutch politician and minister.

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Liberal democracy

Liberal democracy is a liberal political ideology and a form of government in which representative democracy operates under the principles of classical liberalism.

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Liberal International

Liberal International (LI) is a political international federation for liberal political parties.

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Liberal State Party

The Liberal State Party, "the Freedom League" (Liberale Staatspartij "de Vrijheidsbond", LSP), was a Dutch conservative liberal political party from 1921 to 1948.

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Liberal Union (Netherlands)

The Liberal Union (Liberale Unie) was a conservative liberal political party in the Netherlands.

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Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on liberty and equality.

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Liberalism by country

This article gives information on liberalism worldwide.

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Liberalism in the Netherlands

Liberalism in the Netherlands started as an anti-monarchical effort spearheaded by the Dutch statesman Thorbecke, who almost single-handedly wrote the 1848 Constitution of the Netherlands that turned the country into a constitutional monarchy.

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Lijsttrekker

Lijsttrekker (English: "list puller") is a Dutch term used in the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname for the top candidate of a party on a party list.

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Limburg (Netherlands)

Limburg (Dutch and Limburgish: (Nederlands-)Limburg; Limbourg) is the southernmost of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands.

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List of liberal theorists

Individual contributors to classical liberalism and political liberalism are associated with philosophers of the Enlightenment.

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List of mayors of Amsterdam

Below is a list of Mayors (burgemeesters) of Amsterdam, capital city of the Netherlands.

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List of mayors of The Hague

Below is a list of Mayors of The Hague since it was decided in 1824 that only one mayor at a time would govern the city.

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List of mayors of Utrecht

This is a list of mayors of Utrecht since the end of the Napoleonic occupation in 1813.

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List of Ministers of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands

The Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Minister van Economische Zaken en Klimaat) is the head of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands.

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List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

The Minister of Foreign Affairs (Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands.

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List of Ministers of Infrastructure of the Netherlands

The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management (Minister van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat) is the head of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands.

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List of political parties in the Netherlands

This article lists political parties in the Netherlands, which has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which any one party has little chance of gaining power alone, and parties often work with each other to form coalition governments.

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Loek Hermans

Louis Marie Lucien Henri Alphonse (Loek) Hermans (born 23 April 1951, Heerlen) is a Dutch politician and President of UEAPME.

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Malik Azmani

Malik Azmani (born 20 January 1976 in Heerenveen) is a Dutch politician and former lawyer and civil servant of partly Moroccan descent.

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Mandatory sentencing

Mandatory sentencing requires that offenders serve a predefined term for certain crimes, commonly serious and violent offenses.

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Marijnen cabinet

The Marijnen cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 24 July 1963 until 14 April 1965.

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Mark Harbers

Markus Gerardus Jozef "Mark" Harbers (born 19 April 1969 in Ede) is a Dutch politician and former communication employee.

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Mark Rutte

Mark Rutte (born 14 February 1967) is a Dutch politician serving as the 50th and current Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010 and Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie – VVD) since 2006.

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Mark Verheijen

Markus Leonardus "Mark" Verheijen (born 14 August 1976 in Baarlo) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie).

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Market economy

A market economy is an economic system in which the decisions regarding investment, production, and distribution are guided by the price signals created by the forces of supply and demand.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Middle class

The middle class is a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy.

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Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who heads a government department, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers.

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Minister without portfolio

A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry.

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Minister-president

A minister-president or minister president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments with a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government where he or she presides over the council of ministers.

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Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)

The Ministry of Defence (Ministerie van Defensie; MinDef) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for the armed forces of the Netherlands and Veterans Affairs.

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Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Netherlands)

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat; EZK) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Commercial policy, International trade, Industrial policy, Investment policy, Technology policy, Energy policy, Nuclear energy policy, Renewable energy policy, Environmental policy, Climate change policy, Natural resources, Mining, Space policy and Tourism Affairs.

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Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)

The Ministry of Finance (Ministerie van Financiën; FIN) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Economic policy, Monetary policy, Fiscal policy, Tax policy, Incomes policy, Regulations, Government budget and the Financial market.

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken; BZ) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Foreign relations, Foreign policy, International development, International trade, Diaspora and matters dealing with the European Union, NATO and the Benelux Union.

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Ministry of General Affairs

The Ministry of General Affairs (Ministerie van Algemene Zaken; AZ) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Government policy, Planning, Information and the Dutch royal house.

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Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport

The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport; VWS) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for public health, health care, quality of life, social work and sport.

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Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat; I&W) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Transport, Aviation, Housing policy, Public works, Spatial planning, Land management and Water Management.

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Ministry of Justice and Security

The Ministry of Justice and Security (Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid; JenV) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for justice, imprisonment and public security.

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Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid; SZW) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Social Affairs, Employment, relations between Employers and Employees, Social security, Trade unions and Emancipation.

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Molly Geertsema

Willem Jacob "Molly" Geertsema (18 October 191827 June 1991) was a Dutch politician.

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Multilateralism

In international relations, multilateralism refers to an alliance of multiple countries pursuing a common goal.

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Multiple citizenship

Multiple citizenship, dual citizenship, multiple nationality or dual nationality, is a person's citizenship status, in which a person is concurrently regarded as a citizen of more than one state under the laws of those states.

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Municipal council (Netherlands)

In the Netherlands the municipal council (Dutch: gemeenteraad) is the elected assembly of the municipality.

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Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (organization)

The foundation (literally "Dutch Public Broadcasting", abbr. NPO; in English: Dutch Public Broadcasting or Dutch Foundation for Public Broadcasting) is a Dutch public broadcasting organization that administers the public broadcasting service in the Netherlands.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy

The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD; Dutch: Nederlands Instituut voor Meerpartijendemocratie) is a democracy assistance organisation of political parties in the Netherlands for political parties in young democracies.

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Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant

Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant was an influential Rotterdam-based liberal daily newspaper published between 1844 and 1970.

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North Brabant

North Brabant (Noord-Brabant), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands.

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North Holland

North Holland (Noord-Holland, West Frisian Dutch: Noard-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands located in the northwestern part of the country.

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NRC Handelsblad

NRC Handelsblad, often abbreviated to NRC, is a daily evening newspaper published in the Netherlands by NRC Media.

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Ockje Tellegen

Ockje Caroline Tellegen (born 16 October 1974 in Delft) is a Dutch politician.

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Orange (colour)

Orange is the colour between yellow and red on the spectrum of visible light.

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Overijssel

Overijssel (Dutch Low Saxon: Oaveriessel) is a province of the Netherlands in the central-eastern part of the country.

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Parliamentary group

A parliamentary group, parliamentary party, or parliamentary caucus is a group consisting of members of the same political party or electoral fusion of parties in a legislative assembly such as a parliament or a city council.

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Parliamentary leader

A parliamentary leader is a political title or a descriptive term used in various countries to the person leading a caucus (or parliamentary group) in a legislative body, whether it be a national or sub-national legislature.

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Party chair

In politics, a party chair (often party chairman/-woman/-person or party president) is the presiding officer of a political party.

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Party for Freedom

The Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid, PVV) is a Dutch nationalist and right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands.

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Party secretary

In politics, a party secretary is a senior official within a political party with responsibility for the organizational and daily political work.

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Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state or intergovernmental organization to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention.

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Pauline Krikke

Pauline Christine Krikke (born 9 May 1961) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) serving as Mayor of The Hague since 17 March 2017.

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People's Party for Freedom and Democracy leadership election, 2006

The 2006 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy leadership election was called to elect the new Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy after incumbent Jozias van Aartsen announced his retirement from national politics.

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Piet de Jong

Petrus Jozef Sietse "Piet" de Jong (3 April 1915 – 27 July 2016) was a Dutch politician and naval officer who was Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 5 April 1967 to 6 July 1971.

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Pieter Oud

Pieter Jacobus Oud (5 December 1886 – 12 August 1968) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who held numerous political offices, including member of the House of Representatives, Minister of Finance and Mayor of Rotterdam.

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Pillarisation

Pillarisation (verzuiling) is the politico-denominational segregation of a society.

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Pim Fortuyn

Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (19 February 1948 – 6 May 2002), was a Dutch politician, civil servant, sociologist, author and professor who formed his own party, Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn or LPF) in 2002.

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Pim Fortuyn List

The Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn, LPF) was a right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands.

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Political freedom

Political freedom (also known as political autonomy or political agency) is a central concept in history and political thought and one of the most important features of democratic societies.

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Populism

In politics, populism refers to a range of approaches which emphasise the role of "the people" and often juxtapose this group against "the elite".

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President of the Senate (Netherlands)

The President of the Senate (Voorzitter van de Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal) is one of the 75 members of the Dutch Senate and is elected to lead its meetings and be its representative.

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Prime Minister of the Netherlands

The Prime Minister of the Netherlands (Minister-president van Nederland) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands in his quality of chair of the Council of Ministers.

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Privately held company

A privately held company, private company, or close corporation is a business company owned either by non-governmental organizations or by a relatively small number of shareholders or company members which does not offer or trade its company stock (shares) to the general public on the stock market exchanges, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned and traded or exchanged privately.

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Pro-Europeanism

Pro-Europeanism is a political position that favours European integration and membership of the European Union (EU).

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Provinces of the Netherlands

There are currently twelve provinces of the Netherlands, representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local municipalities, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.

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Provincial-Executive (Netherlands)

The Provincial-Executive (Dutch: Gedeputeerde Staten, GS) is the executive branch of government of a province of the Netherlands.

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Purple (government)

Purple is a common term in politics for governments or other political entities consisting of parties that have red and blue as their political colours.

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Radio Veronica

Radio Veronica was an offshore radio station that began broadcasting in 1960, and broadcast from offshore for over fourteen years.

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Randstad

The Randstad is a megalopolis in the central-western Netherlands consisting primarily of the four largest Dutch cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht) and their surrounding areas.

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Referendum

A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal.

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Refugee

A refugee, generally speaking, is a displaced person who has been forced to cross national boundaries and who cannot return home safely (for more detail see legal definition).

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Remco Dijkstra

Remco Jan Dijkstra (born 18 August 1972, Zeist) is a Dutch politician.

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Rita Verdonk

Maria Cornelia Frederika "Rita" Verdonk (born 18 October 1955) is a retired Dutch politician.

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Roald van der Linde

Roald Edwin van der Linde (born November 22, 1968 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch politician.

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Rotterdam

Rotterdam is a city in the Netherlands, in South Holland within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt river delta at the North Sea.

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Rudmer Heerema

Rudmer Heerema (born 2 February 1978, in Groningen) is a Dutch politician.

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Rudolf de Korte

Rudolf Willem de Korte (born 8 July 1936, The Hague) is a former Dutch politician.

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Rudy Andeweg

Rudolf Bastiaan "Rudy" Andeweg (born 28 February 1952) is a former Professor of Empirical Political Science at Leiden University.

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Ruud Lubbers

Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers (7 May 1939 – 14 February 2018) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 4 November 1982 until 22 August 1994.

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Same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage (also known as gay marriage) is the marriage of a same-sex couple, entered into in a civil or religious ceremony.

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Sander Dekker

Sander Dekker (born 9 February 1975) is a Dutch politician and civil servant of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Second Balkenende cabinet

The Second Balkenende cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 27 May 2003 until 7 July 2006.

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Second Kok cabinet

The Second Kok cabinet, also called the Second Purple cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 3 August 1998 until 22 July 2002.

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Second Rutte cabinet

The Second Rutte cabinet, also called the Rutte–Asscher cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 5 November 2012 until 26 October 2017.

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Second Van Agt cabinet

The Second Van Agt cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 11 September 1981 until 29 May 1982.

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Secularity

Secularity (adjective form secular, from Latin saeculum meaning "worldly", "of a generation", "temporal", or a span of about 100 years) is the state of being separate from religion, or of not being exclusively allied with or against any particular religion.

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Security

Security is freedom from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercive change) from external forces.

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Senate (Netherlands)

The Senate (or simply, literally "First Chamber", or sometimes) is the upper house of the States General, the legislature of the Netherlands.

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Separation of church and state

The separation of church and state is a philosophic and jurisprudential concept for defining political distance in the relationship between religious organizations and the nation state.

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Small government

Small government is a term generally used in liberalism, especially by political conservatives and libertarians to describe a government with minimal involvement in certain areas of public policy or the private sector, especially matters considered to be private or personal.

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Social liberalism

Social liberalism (also known as modern liberalism or egalitarian liberalism) is a political ideology and a variety of liberalism that endorses a market economy and the expansion of civil and political rights while also believing that the legitimate role of the government includes addressing economic and social issues such as poverty, health care and education.

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South Holland

South Holland (Zuid-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of just over 3.6 million as of 2015 and a population density of about, making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas.

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Squatting

Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use.

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States-Provincial

The States-Provincial (in Dutch: Provinciale Staten, abbreviated PS – commonly known as simply the Staten) is the provincial parliament and legislative assembly in each of the provinces of the Netherlands.

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Stef Blok

Stephanus Abraham "Stef" Blok (born 10 December 1964) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 7 March 2018.

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Stem cell

Stem cells are biological cells that can differentiate into other types of cells and can divide to produce more of the same type of stem cells.

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Tamara van Ark

Tamara van Ark (born 11 August 1974) is a Dutch politician and former civil servant and management consultant.

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Tax cut

A tax cut is a reduction in the rate of tax charged by a government.

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Technocracy

Technocracy is a proposed system of governance where decision-makers are selected on the basis of their expertise in their areas of responsibility, particularly scientific knowledge.

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Telders Foundation

The Teldersstichting (Telders Foundation) is a Dutch think tank linked to People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Hague

The Hague (Den Haag,, short for 's-Gravenhage) is a city on the western coast of the Netherlands and the capital of the province of South Holland.

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Third Rutte cabinet

The Third Rutte cabinet is the cabinet of the Netherlands since 26 October 2017.

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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TROS

TROS (originally an acronym for Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting) was a Dutch television and radio organization part of the Dutch public broadcasting system.

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Trots op Nederland

Trots op Nederland (TON, short: Trots; English: "Proud of the Netherlands") is a political party in the Netherlands.

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Undersecretary

An undersecretary is an executive government official in many countries, frequently a career public servant, who typically acts as a senior administrator or second-in-command to a politically appointed Cabinet Minister or other government official.

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Universal health care

Universal health care (also called universal health coverage, universal coverage, universal care, or socialized health care) is a health care system that provides health care and financial protection to all citizens of a particular country.

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Upper class

The upper class in modern societies is the social class composed of people who hold the highest social status, and usuall are also the wealthiest members of society, and also wield the greatest political power.

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Uri Rosenthal

Uriël "Uri" Rosenthal (born 19 July 1945) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Utrecht

Utrecht is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht.

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Utrecht (province)

Utrecht is a province of the Netherlands.

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VNO-NCW

VNO-NCW (known in English as the "Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers") is a Dutch employers' federation founded in 1996 as a merger of the Christian-democratic Nederlands Christelijk Werkgeversverbond (NCW), which was founded as fusion of the Protestant PCW and the Catholic NKW, and the liberal Verbond van Nederlandse Ondernemingen (VNO).

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Welfare state

The welfare state is a concept of government in which the state plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the social and economic well-being of its citizens.

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Willem Drees

Willem Drees, Sr. (5 July 1886 – 14 May 1988) was a Dutch statesman of the Labour Party (PvdA).

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Willibrord van Beek

Willibrordus Ildefonsus Ignatius "Willibrord" van Beek (born 15 January 1949) is a Dutch politician serving as the King's Commissioner of Utrecht since 15 September 2013.

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Wim Kok

Willem "Wim" Kok (born 29 September 1938) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002.

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Working class

The working class (also labouring class) are the people employed for wages, especially in manual-labour occupations and industrial work.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Wouter Bos

Wouter Jacob Bos ((born 14 July 1963) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). He served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 19 May 1998 until 24 March 2000, when he became State Secretary for Finance in the Cabinet Kok II following the resignation of Willem Vermeend who became Minister of Social Affairs and Employment. He returned to the House of Representatives on 23 May 2002, following the Dutch general election of 2002. The Labour Party suffered a landslide defeat in the election losing 23 seats, then Party leader Ad Melkert was blamed for the defeat and resigned. Bos announced his candidacy for the Labour Party leadership election and won by a landslide with 60% of the votes. Bos became the Labour Party party leader on 19 November 2002 and the Parliamentary leader of Labour Party in the House of Representatives on 19 November 2002 and became the lijsttrekker for the Dutch general election of 2003. The Labour Party was the largest winner of the election, gaining 19 seats (from 23 to 42) and became the second largest party in the House of Representatives. After a failed cabinet formation a new cabinet was formed without the Labour Party. Bos served as opposition leader during the parliamentary period of the Cabinets Balkenende II and III. For the Dutch general election of 2006 Bos again as lijsttrekker lost 9 seats but the Labour Party remained the second largest party with 33 seats. The following cabinet formation resulted in a coalition agreement which formed the Cabinet Balkenende IV, comprising the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), Labour Party (PvdA) and the ChristianUnion (CU). Bos became Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister, the cabinet took office on 22 February 2007. The cabinet fell on 20 February 2010 as the result of disagreement between CDA and Labour Party over the extension of ISAF mission in Afghanistan. Bos resigned his position as Party leader to spend more time with his family and retired from active politics. Since his retirement from politics, Bos became a partner at the professional services firm KPMG and is also a consultant for the financial sector. On 21 June 2013 Bos was appointed as chairman of the board of directors of VU University Medical Center.

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Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy

The Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy (Jongerenorganisatie Vrijheid en Democratie, JOVD) is a Dutch political youth organisation.

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Zeeland

Zeeland (Zeelandic: Zeêland, historical English exonym Zealand) is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Party_for_Freedom_and_Democracy

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