Nationality Dutch Alma mater Utrecht University Education Master of Laws | Residence Broek op Langendijk Name Arie Graaf | |
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Born August 4, 1947 (age 76)
Arnhem ( 1947-08-04 ) Occupation Politician, insurer, biologist, teacher | ||
Political party Partij van de Arbeid | ||
Bedrijfsfilm Visspecialiteiten - Arie de Graaf & Zoon
Arie de Graaf (born 4 August 1947 in Arnhem) is a Dutch insurer, biologist, teacher, and politician.
De Graaf studied Dutch law at Utrecht University (1972-1977), where he obtained a Master of Laws. He worked for a mutual insurance (1966-1976) and was at the same time member of the municipal council of Arnhem (1970-1976). In 1976 he was elected to the Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the Partij van de Arbeid. He specialized in corporate law, public finance, and pension funds. De Graaf was opposed to atomic weapons and systematically voted against all related parts of the Dutch defense budget.
De Graaf was nicknamed "Arie de Vraag" because of the large number (357) of written information requests to the government that he posed during his tenure. He left the House of Representatives in 1981 and subsequently studied biology at Wageningen University, where he was a visiting scientist at the laboratory for plant taxonomy. From 1988 he taught at the Inholland University of Applied Sciences ("HEAO Alkmaar" at the time).
The Aroid plant species, Lagenandra dewitii, was described by de Graaf in honour of Hendrik de Wit.