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Joseph Luns

1911 - 2002

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Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert (Joseph) Luns (Rotterdam, 28 augustus 1911 – Brussel, 17 juli 2002) was een Nederlands diplomaat en politicus. Tussen 1952 en 1971 diende hij in acht Nederlandse kabinetten als minister, de eerste vier jaar als minister zonder portefeuille en vanaf 1956 als minister van Buitenlandse Zaken. Van 1971 tot 1984 was hij secretaris-generaal van de NAVO. Luns groeide op in achtereenvolgens Rotterdam, Vught en Amsterdam. Hij studeerde in Leiden en Amsterdam, en na zijn studietijd werd hij toegelaten tot de diplomatieke dienst. Lees meer op Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Joseph Luns is the 8,353rd most popular politicus (up from 9,136th in 2024), the 334th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 399th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Dutch Politicus.

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Among Politicuses

Among politicuses, Joseph Luns ranks 8,353 out of 19,576. Before him are Stefan Radoslav, Željka Cvijanović, Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia, Thomas Remengesau Jr., Prince Gong, and Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga. After him are Zu Xin, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Chen Yi, Harri Holkeri, Mesih Pasha, and Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Joseph Luns ranks 113. Before him are Shiing-Shen Chern, Simone Simon, Ishirō Honda, Roberto Matta, Danny Kaye, and Franz Binder. After him are Nicolae Kovács, André Navarra, Mutara III Rudahigwa, Karl Frenzel, Renée Simonot, and Son Sann. Among people deceased in 2002, Joseph Luns ranks 97. Before him are Jack Shea, Ray Conniff, Uziel Gal, Roberto Matta, Branko Stanković, and Spyros Kyprianou. After him are Michail Stasinopoulos, Karel Reisz, J. Lee Thompson, Daniel Gélin, Dee Dee Ramone, and Lionel Hampton.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Joseph Luns ranks 334 out of 1,646. Before him are Franciscus Donders (1818), Willy van der Kuijlen (1946), Henri Winkelman (1876), Mart Stam (1899), Ruud Geels (1948), and Dirk V, Count of Holland (1053). After him are Leonaert Bramer (1596), Gerrit Berckheyde (1638), Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856), Titus Brandsma (1881), Joanna of Bavaria (1356), and Antonia Brico (1902).

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Among Politicuses In Netherlands

Among politicuses born in Netherlands, Joseph Luns ranks 57. Before him are Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554), Frits Bolkestein (1933), Joop den Uyl (1919), Henk Sneevliet (1883), Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1768), and Dirk V, Count of Holland (1053). After him are Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743), William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613), Floris V, Count of Holland (1254), Dirk Stikker (1897), Floris II, Count of Holland (1091), and Gottfried van Swieten (1733).

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