Jan Terlouw

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Jan Cornelis Terlouw (born November 15, 1931) is a Dutch scientist, politician, and author.

Jan Terlouw was born in Kamperveen. He was the eldest son in his family, he has two brothers and two sisters and grew up in the Veluwe. After high school, Terlouw studied mathematics and physics at Utrecht University. After graduating, he worked as a physics researcher in the Netherlands, the United States, and Sweden. After working for thirteen years, he became a politician, joining the Dutch Tweede Kamer (the second chamber of the Dutch legislature) as a member of the Democraten 66 political party in 1967. Terlouw acted as party leader from 1973-1982. He was minister of Economical Affairs from 1981 to 1982 and Commisar of the Queen of Gelderland from 1991 to 1996, the year in which he retired. He joined the Dutch Eerste Kamer in 1999. He also wrote various children's books, notably Winter in Wartime (1976) and How to Become King (1978). Terlouw is currently married and has four children.

Preceded by G.M.V. van Aardenne	Minister of Economic Affairs 1981 – 1982	Succeeded by G.M.V. van Aardenne
Preceded by A.P. Oele	Queen's Commissioner to Gelderland 1991 – 1996	Succeeded by J. Kamminga