Piet de Jong
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In office 1967 – 1971 |
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Preceded by | Jelle Zijlstra |
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Succeeded by | Barend Biesheuvel |
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Born | April 3, 1915 Apeldoorn, Netherlands |
Political party | Katholieke Volks Partij |
Petrus Jozef Sietze "Piet" de Jong (Known as Oom Piet, or Uncle Piet) (born April 3, 1915) is a Dutch politician, prime minister of the Netherlands from 1967 until 1971, as a member of the catholic KVP party.
Born in Apeldoorn, De Jong was a naval officer before becoming involved in politics in 1963.
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Kappeyne van de Coppello | Van Lynden van Sandenburg | Heemskerk Azn. | Mackay | Van Tienhoven | Roëll | Pierson | Kuyper | De Meester | Heemskerk | Cort van der Linden | Ruijs de Beerenbrouck | Colijn | De Geer | Gerbrandy | Schermerhorn | Beel | Drees | De Quay | Marijnen | Cals | Zijlstra | De Jong | Biesheuvel | Den Uyl | Van Agt | Lubbers | Kok | Balkenende
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