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Piet de Jong

1915 - 2016

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Petrus Jozef Sietse "Piet" de Jong (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpeːtrʏ ˈɕoːzəf ˈsitsə ˈpi(d) də ˈjɔŋ]; 3 April 1915 – 27 July 2016) was a Dutch politician and naval officer who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1967 to 1971. He was a member of the Catholic People's Party (KVP), later merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). De Jong applied at the Royal Naval College in Den Helder and graduated as an ensign in the Navy and joined the Submarine Service. During World War II he served on the submarine HNLMS O 24 as First Officer and later as commanding officer and saw action in both the Battle of the Atlantic and the Pacific War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Piet de Jong is the 6,959th most popular politician (up from 8,446th in 2019), the 280th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 363rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Piet de Jong ranks 6,959 out of 19,576. Before him are Spytihněv I, Duke of Bohemia, Henry II, Duke of Brabant, Ilija Garašanin, Mithridates IV of Parthia, Ang Duong, and Narai. After him are Vseslav of Polotsk, Bjarni Benediktsson, Faustina, Hitoshi Ashida, Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, and Han Seung-soo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Piet de Jong ranks 80. Before him are John Woodruff, Mario Monicelli, Gyula Zsengellér, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Tapio Wirkkala, and Marie-Louise von Franz. After him are Tadeusz Kantor, Denis Thatcher, Ibolya Csák, Kunihiko Kodaira, Peter Medawar, and Godfrey Brown. Among people deceased in 2016, Piet de Jong ranks 115. Before him are Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Roger Y. Tsien, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, Edward Albee, Bata Živojinović, and Carmen Pereira. After him are Chris Amon, Yves Bonnefoy, Peter Naur, Glenn Frey, Michel Rocard, and Madeleine Lebeau.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Piet de Jong ranks 280 out of 1,646. Before him are Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613), Nicholas J. Spykman (1893), Isaac Beeckman (1588), Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), Joan Blaeu (1596), and Wim Hof (1959). After him are Philips Wouwerman (1619), Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597), Mark van Bommel (1977), Otto van Veen (1556), Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940), and Erwin Koeman (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Piet de Jong ranks 44. Before him are Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788), Sicco Mansholt (1908), William, Prince of Orange (1840), Nicholas J. Spykman (1893), Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), and Joan Blaeu (1596). After him are Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940), Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851), Floris I, Count of Holland (1025), Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627), Pieter van der Aa (1659), and Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210).

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