Piet de Visser (politician)
Piet de Visser
Marius Jacobus (Piet) de Visser (April 16, 1931 – December 19, 2012)[1] was a Dutch politician for the Labour Party (PvdA).
De Visser was born and died in Rotterdam. From 1981 to 1991 (with two interruptions) he was a member of the House of Representatives. Before that he was a municipal councillor of Monster, South Holland.
He was an anti-nuclear pacifist and belonged to the left wing of his party. In the late 1980s he became well-known because of his involvement in the making of a new passport. After his political career he switched to GreenLeft (GroenLinks).
De Visser studied economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
References
- (in Dutch) Parlement.com biography
- ↑ "'Paspoorten-Piet' (81) overleden" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
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