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Willem Drees

1886 - 1988

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Willem Drees Sr. (; 5 July 1886 – 14 May 1988) was a Dutch politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA) and historian who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 7 August 1948 to 22 December 1958. Drees was elected to the House of Representatives for the SDAP in the 1933 general election. He succeeded Willem Albarda as party leader in 1940 and, following the end of World War II, was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs in the national unity Schermerhorn–Drees cabinet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willem Drees is the 5,226th most popular politician (down from 4,908th in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 201st in 2019) and the 27th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Willem Drees ranks 5,226 out of 19,576. Before him are Omurtag of Bulgaria, Fu Hao, Adolph Joffe, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Bianca Cappello, and Al-Muti. After him are Lucius Munatius Plancus, Tim Johnson, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Stefan Dragutin, Nuno Álvares Pereira, and Georgi Parvanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Willem Drees ranks 54. Before him are Garegin Nzhdeh, Frank Lloyd, Rex Stout, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Edward C. Tolman, and Gottfried Benn. After him are Erich Fellgiebel, Gyula Gömbös, Jisaburō Ozawa, Paul Lévy, Hitoshi Imamura, and Mary Wigman. Among people deceased in 1988, Willem Drees ranks 41. Before him are Farida of Egypt, Henryk Szeryng, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Valerie Solanas, Gert Fröbe, and Heo Jeong. After him are Hermann Graf, Branko Zebec, Yevgeny Mravinsky, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Giuseppe Saragat, and Chico Mendes.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem Drees ranks 194 out of 1,646. Before him are Constantijn Huygens (1596), Teddy Scholten (1926), C. C. Catch (1964), Margaret of Bavaria (1363), Gaius Julius Civilis (25), and John II, Count of Holland (1247). After him are Anton Mussert (1894), Peter Stuyvesant (1612), Ruud van Nistelrooy (1976), Willem Mengelberg (1871), Jan Lievens (1607), and Antonis Mor (1519).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Willem Drees ranks 27. Before him are Pim Fortuyn (1948), Ruud Lubbers (1939), Geert Wilders (1963), Wim Duisenberg (1935), Margaret of Bavaria (1363), and John II, Count of Holland (1247). After him are Anton Mussert (1894), Peter Stuyvesant (1612), Abraham Kuyper (1837), William I, Count of Hainaut (1287), Dries van Agt (1931), and William I, Count of Holland (1167).

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