President Jacques Delors Monarch Juliana Succeeded by Hans van den Broek Preceded by Raymond Vouel Role Dutch Politician | President Gaston Thorn Name Frans Andriessen Preceded by Willy De Clercq Prime Minister Dries van Agt | |
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Political party Catholic People's Party, Christian Democratic Appeal | ||
Franciscus Henricus Johannes Joseph (Frans) Andriessen (born 2 April 1929 in Utrecht) is a senior Dutch politician.
In 1967 he was first elected to the House of Representatives for the Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP). From 1971 to 1977 he was leader of the KVP. In 1977, the KVP merged with two protestant parties to form the Christen-Democratisch Appel (CDA). For the CDA, he served as Minister of Finance (1977–1980) and European Commissioner for Competition (1981-1985), Agriculture (1985-1989), and External Relations and Trade (1989–1993). He is one of few politicians to serve three consecutive terms as an EU Commissioner.
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