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Jo Cals

1914 - 1971

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Jozef Maria Laurens Theo "Jo" Cals (18 July 1914 – 30 December 1971) was a Dutch politician of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 14 April 1965 until 22 November 1966. Cals studied law at the Radboud University Nijmegen obtaining a Master of Laws degree and worked as a lawyer and prosecutor in Nijmegen from November 1940 until August 1948 and as researcher at his alma mater from February 1941 until May 1949. Cals also worked as a legal and economics teacher in Roermond from October 1943 until June 1945. Cals became a member of the House of Representatives shortly after 1948 general election taking office on 19 August 1948 serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson for education and social work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jo Cals is the 13,193rd most popular politician (down from 13,183rd in 2019), the 616th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 641st in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jo Cals ranks 13,193 out of 19,576. Before him are Penn Nouth, Emily Donelson, Marek Belka, John I, Count Palatine of Simmern, Salim bin Thuwaini, and Julio Antonio Mella. After him are Devan Nair, Helen Herron Taft, Su Tseng-chang, Joseph Pholien, Ahn Changho, and Igor Dodon.

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Among people born in 1914, Jo Cals ranks 236. Before him are Dorothy Lamour, Ray Walston, Jersey Joe Walcott, Paul Rand, Terence O'Neill, and Norman Holter. After him are Wilhelm Hahnemann, Jack Cardiff, Jan Kott, Ralph Ellison, Igor M. Diakonoff, and Oscar Casanovas. Among people deceased in 1971, Jo Cals ranks 137. Before him are Anthony Berkeley Cox, Kathleen Lonsdale, David Sarnoff, Heinz Hopf, Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev, and Erich Abraham. After him are Jean-Pierre Monseré, William F. Albright, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Guillermo León Valencia, Frank Rosenblatt, and Richard Montague.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jo Cals ranks 616 out of 1,646. Before him are Martin Jol (1956), Cornelis Pietersz Bega (1630), Gerben Karstens (1942), Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1691), Derek de Lint (1950), and Frenkie de Jong (1997). After him are Tylman van Gameren (1632), Bart van der Leck (1876), Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794), Maggie MacNeal (1950), Henk Groot (1938), and Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Jo Cals ranks 92. Before him are Willem Schermerhorn (1894), Cornelis Lely (1854), Pieter van Vollenhoven (1939), Jan de Quay (1901), Max van der Stoel (1924), and Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1691). After him are Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794), Piet Dankert (1934), Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821), Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873), Alexander Rueb (1882), and Neelie Kroes (1941).

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