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Prime Minister
  
Role
  
Dutch Politician

Name
  
Louis de


Children
  
1 daughter, 2 sons

Nationality
  
Dutch

Louis van de Laar

Monarch
  
Juliana of the Netherlands

Full Name
  
Louis Josephus Maria van de Laar

Born
  
December 24, 1921's-Hertogenbosch (
1921-12-24
)

Political party
  
Spouse(s)
  
C.J.F.M. (Carla) SchippersW.J.M. (Willeke) de Groot

Died
  
January 25, 2004, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Louis Josephus Maria van de Laar ('s-Hertogenbosch, 24 December 1921 - Bergen op Zoom, 25 januari 2004) was a Dutch politician.

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Education

Van de Laar attended the minor seminary in Sint-Michielsgestel and subsequently the Sint-Janslyceum (a gymnasium) in 's-Hertogenbosch. In 1939 he started studying] at the Radboud University Nijmegen, where he obtained master's degrees in history and economics in 1947. He continued his history studies from 1945 to 1946 at the Sorbonne and École pratique des hautes études (Paris).

Career

After finishing his studies, van de Laar became a history teacher and then rector at several secondary schools. From 1963 to 1965, he was state secretary at the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science in the Marijnen cabinet for the Catholic People's Party. Through this function, he became one of the founders of the Dutch Language Union. In October 1965 he became mayor of Bergen op Zoom, where he remained until his retirement in 1981). During his mandate he succeeded in enticing Philip Morris and General Electric Plastics to build large production centres in Bergen op Zoom and initiated the restoration of the city palace, the Markiezenhof.

Awards

Van de Laar received the following awards:

  • Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion
  • Grand Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau
  • Knight in the Order of St. Gregory the Great
  • Taalunieprijs
  • References

    Louis van de Laar Wikipedia


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