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Joop den Uyl

1919 - 1987

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Johannes Marten den Uijl (9 August 1919 – 24 December 1987), better known as Joop den Uyl (Dutch: [ˈjoːb dɛn ˈœyl] ), was a Dutch politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 to 1977. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). Den Uyl studied Economics at the University of Amsterdam obtaining a Master of Economics degree and worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of Economic Affairs from February 1942 until May 1945 and as a journalist and editor for Het Parool and Vrij Nederland from May 1945 until January 1949. Den Uyl served as director of the Wiardi Beckman Foundation from January 1949 until June 1963. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joop den Uyl is the 7,698th most popular politician (down from 6,499th in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 276th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joop den Uyl ranks 7,698 out of 19,576. Before him are Ron Johnson, Salitis, Polina Zhemchuzhina, Ambrosius Aurelianus, Grimoald the Younger, and Ron DeSantis. After him are Nikolai Krylenko, Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Pak Song-chol, Roy Mata, Pierre Bérégovoy, and Vaso Čubrilović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Joop den Uyl ranks 90. Before him are François Périer, Red Buttons, Mitja Ribičič, Ella Grasso, Frederik Pohl, and Marina Ginestà. After him are Ashraf Pahlavi, Ross Bagdasarian, P. F. Strawson, Artur Fischer, Janko Bobetko, and Mario Bunge. Among people deceased in 1987, Joop den Uyl ranks 66. Before him are Bob Fosse, Geraldine Page, Peter Medawar, Carlos José Castilho, Buddy Rich, and Henri Cochet. After him are Naji al-Ali, Alejandro Scopelli, Masatoshi Nakayama, Seyni Kountché, Mervyn LeRoy, and He Yingqin.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Joop den Uyl ranks 314 out of 1,646. Before him are Jan van der Heyden (1637), Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633), Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556), Herman Snellen (1834), Isaac Titsingh (1745), and Jacobus Oud (1890). After him are Rafael van der Vaart (1983), Aad de Mos (1947), Henk Sneevliet (1883), Armin van Buuren (1976), Samuel Goudsmit (1902), and Phillip Cocu (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Joop den Uyl ranks 53. Before him are Floris I, Count of Holland (1025), Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627), Pieter van der Aa (1659), Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210), Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554), and Frits Bolkestein (1933). After him are Henk Sneevliet (1883), Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1768), Dirk V, Count of Holland (1053), Joseph Luns (1911), Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743), and William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613).

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