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Barend Biesheuvel

1920 - 2001

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Barend Willem Biesheuvel (; 5 April 1920 – 29 April 2001) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 6 July 1971 until 11 May 1973.Biesheuvel studied law at the Free University Amsterdam obtaining a Master of Laws degree and worked as a civil servant for the Provincial-executive of North Holland from September 1945 until January 1952 and as trade association executive for the Christian Farmers and Gardeners Association (CBTB) from January 1952 until July 1959 and as chairman from August 1956. Biesheuvel became a Member of the House of Representatives shortly after the number of seats was raised from 100 to 150 seats following the election of 1956 taking office on 6 November 1956 serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Agriculture, Local Government Affairs and Kingdom Relations. Biesheuvel was also selected as a Member of the European Parliament and dual served taking office on 7 March 1961. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barend Biesheuvel has received more than 80,504 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Barend Biesheuvel is the 11,275th most popular politician (down from 9,927th in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 446th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Barend Biesheuvel ranks 11,275 out of 15,577Before him are Mahmud Nedim Pasha, John III of Trebizond, Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Prince August of Württemberg, Cunobeline, and Orontes IV. After him are Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov, John I, Count Palatine of Simmern, Edgar Jung, Gnaeus Octavius, Neferhotep III, and Ioannis Alevras.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Barend Biesheuvel ranks 203Before him are Karel Píč, Roberto M. Levingston, John Lewis, Ignacio Eizaguirre, Georges Marchal, and Jorge Pacheco Areco. After him are Juan José Torres, Josefa Iloilo, Lydia Wideman, Gabrielle Wittkop, Virginia Mayo, and Camillo Felgen. Among people deceased in 2001, Barend Biesheuvel ranks 141Before him are Hilde Holger, Jelle Zijlstra, Stelios Kazantzidis, Luiz Bonfá, Davorin Popović, and Victor Wong. After him are Jaromil Jireš, David Kipiani, Beatrice Straight, J. J. Johnson, Joe Henderson, and Troy Donahue.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Barend Biesheuvel ranks 516 out of 1,427Before him are Gisbertus Voetius (1589), Jan Janssonius (1588), Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), Gerald Vanenburg (1964), Willem Roelofs (1822), and Johannes Meursius (1579). After him are Jetty Paerl (1921), Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900), Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz (1612), Jan van de Cappelle (1624), Frits Bolkestein (1933), and Cornelis Lely (1854).

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Barend Biesheuvel ranks 78Before him are Dirk Stikker (1897), Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), Nicolaes Witsen (1641), Roméo Dallaire (1946), Louis Beel (1902), and Jelle Zijlstra (1918). After him are Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz (1612), Frits Bolkestein (1933), Cornelis Lely (1854), Dirk Jan de Geer (1870), Badr Hari (1984), and Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885).