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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 5 July 1886
- Died
- 14 May 1988
- Place of birth
- Amsterdam
- Place of death
- The Hague
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Willem
- Family name
- Drees
- Spouse
- Catharina Drees-Hent
- Child
- Willem Drees jr.
- Occupation
- politician, resistance fighter, autobiographer, bank teller, stenographer
- Position held
- Minister of Social Affairs, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands, member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, Minister of Social Affairs, member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, municipal councillor of The Hague, municipal executive of The Hague, member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Native language
- Dutch
- Awards
- Honorary Member of the World Esperanto Association, honorary doctor of the University of Maryland, Medal of Freedom, Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog, Order of the Holy Trinity, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the Order of George I, Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Africa, Grand Cross of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau
- academic degree
- honorary doctorate
- archives at
- Nationaal Archief
- candidacy in election
- Q134528873, Q125559337, 1933 Dutch general election, 1937 Dutch general election, 1946 Dutch general election, 1948 Dutch general election, 1952 Dutch general election, 1956 Dutch general election
- described by source
- Canon of Dutch History
- different from
- Willem B. Drees
- has works in the collection
- NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
- height
- 172.6 cm
- member of political party
- Labour Party, Social Democratic Workers' Party
- name in native language
- Willem Drees
- number of children
- 4
- place of burial
- Oud Eik en Duinen
- place of detention
- Buchenwald concentration camp, St. Michielsgestel concentration camp
- subject has role
- centenarian
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