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Wim Kok

1938 - 2018

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Willem "Wim" Kok (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪm ˈkɔk] ; 29 September 1938 – 20 October 2018) was a Dutch politician and trade union leader who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). Kok studied business administration at the Nyenrode Business School, obtaining a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, and worked as a trade union leader for the Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions from 1961 until 1976, serving as its chairman from 1972. In 1976, it merged to form the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions, with Kok serving as its first chairman until 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wim Kok is the 3,767th most popular politician, the 143rd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 153rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Dutch Politician.

Wim Kok is most famous for being the Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1994 to 2002. He was also the leader of the Dutch Labour Party from 1992 to 2002.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wim Kok ranks 3,767 out of 19,576. Before him are Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia, Malcolm IV of Scotland, François Tombalbaye, Frederick of Naples, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Drusilla. After him are Ahilyabai Holkar, Giacomo Matteotti, Antiochus VIII Grypus, Wei Yan, Devlet I Giray, and Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Wim Kok ranks 65. Before him are Anthony James Leggett, Issey Miyake, Jean Giraud, Tufuga Efi, David Irving, and Raymond Carver. After him are István Szabó, Giuliano Amato, Brian Dennehy, Oleg Gordievsky, Takehiko Kawanishi, and Terry Wogan. Among people deceased in 2018, Wim Kok ranks 62. Before him are Shoko Asahara, Osamu Shimomura, Stéphane Audran, Michael Halliday, Reynaldo Bignone, and Francis Lai. After him are Claude Lanzmann, Tsukasa Hosaka, Milena Dravić, Joël Robuchon, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, and Keith O'Brien.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Wim Kok ranks 143 out of 1,646. Before him are Adriaen van Ostade (1610), Etty Hillesum (1914), Gabriël Metsu (1629), Willem Janszoon (1570), Tom Gehrels (1925), and Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576). After him are Ferdinand Bol (1616), Karel Appel (1921), Robert van Gulik (1910), Geert Hofstede (1928), Paulus Potter (1625), and Joris Ivens (1898).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Wim Kok ranks 17. Before him are Johan de Witt (1625), William II of Holland (1228), Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), William V, Prince of Orange (1748), William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), and Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576). After him are Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (1948), Roméo Dallaire (1946), Pim Fortuyn (1948), Ruud Lubbers (1939), and Geert Wilders (1963).

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