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Willem Schermerhorn

1894 - 1977

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Willem "Wim" Schermerhorn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪ(lə)m ˈsxɛrmərˌɦɔr(ə)n]; 17 December 1894 – 10 March 1977) was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 25 June 1945 until 3 July 1946. He was a member of the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) and later co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA). According to Harry W. Laidler, the government under Schermerhorn's premiership "achieved important results in the fields of labor, finance, housing, old age pensions, and the social services". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willem Schermerhorn is the 11,848th most popular politician (down from 11,800th in 2019), the 538th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 555th in 2019) and the 86th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Willem Schermerhorn ranks 11,848 out of 19,576. Before him are Ri Kun-mo, Stojan Novaković, Mark Eyskens, Mehmed Said Pasha, Herman III, Duke of Swabia, and Torcuato Fernández-Miranda. After him are Hōjō Yasutoki, Marcus Lollius, Prince Adolf of Auersperg, Philippe Cattiau, Valerian Zorin, and Lamar Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Willem Schermerhorn ranks 137. Before him are Edgar Jung, Walter Byron, Carlos Luz, Hermann Muhs, Ecaterina Teodoroiu, and Vicente Rojo Lluch. After him are Mae Marsh, Norma Talmadge, Gunnar Sköld, Paul Dessau, Âşık Veysel, and Jean Rostand. Among people deceased in 1977, Willem Schermerhorn ranks 130. Before him are Louis Beel, Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Neco, Ivan Fedyuninsky, Norman Thomas Gilroy, and Luciano Re Cecconi. After him are Jan-Carl Raspe, Henry Tandey, Nellie Tayloe Ross, Juan Carlos Calvo, Jean Rostand, and Tibor Déry.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem Schermerhorn ranks 538 out of 1,646. Before him are Matthias Stom (1600), Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz (1612), Joachim Wtewael (1566), Caesar van Everdingen (1616), Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882), and Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (1472). After him are Wilhem de Haan (1801), Pierre van Hooijdonk (1969), Jan de Vries (1890), Jan Mostaert (1475), Cornelis Lely (1854), and Arnold Mühren (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Willem Schermerhorn ranks 86. Before him are Jelle Zijlstra (1918), Jan Gies (1905), Louis Beel (1902), Victor Marijnen (1917), Hendrikus Colijn (1869), and Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz (1612). After him are Cornelis Lely (1854), Pieter van Vollenhoven (1939), Jan de Quay (1901), Max van der Stoel (1924), Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1691), and Jo Cals (1914).

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