Ended in third place in the election of The Greatest Dutchman
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Willem Drees
Willem Drees Sr. was a Dutch politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA) and historian who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 7 August 1948 to 22 December 1958.
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politics · Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1958 · politician · resistance fighter · autobiographer · bank teller · stenographer · also Willem Drees, W. Drees, Drees
Born 5 July 1886 · Died 14 May 1988 · Q12769
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2004· 1 entry
1994· 1 entry
“The Need for Transcendence in the Postmodern World”
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1993· 1 entry
“The Coming Technological Singularity”
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1988· 1 entry
Died 1988-05-14.
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1973· 1 entry
“The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time”
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1970· 1 entry
Both his sons Jan Drees and Willem Drees Jr. were active members of the Labour Party, but just like Drees left the party around 1970.
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1957· 3 entries
The dismissal of female civil servants upon marriage was abolished
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A new social health insurance scheme for indigent pensioners was set up
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"the task of the Central Commission for Cultural Work in Labor Camps (CCCA) was modified and expanded and at the same time the Provincial and Local Committees were abolished
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1956· 2 entries
A Hungarian Refugee Assistance Scheme was introduced, along with Provision for the Blind (Voorziening voor Blinden)
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Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1956–1956).
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1955· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa (1955).
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1954· 2 entries
In regards to university education, the amount made available in the national budget for the granting of scholarships and interest-free loans was quadrupled
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The maximum amount of scholarships to be granted by the State was increased
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1953· 2 entries
With a scheme introduced "that not only created the possibility of claiming compensation after a manifestly unreasonable dismissal, but also the so-called 'restoration of employment'
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A premium scheme for home improvement was set up by the government
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1952· 3 entries
A policy framework was set up for dealing with "problem families," such as subsidies for pillarized family care and social development work in the cities
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Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1952–1952).
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance (1952–1952).
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1950· 2 entries
A Social Economic Council was set up that included union and employer representatives along with independent experts
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Works councils were established, requiring all enterprises with more than 25 employees to allow their employees to elect representatives
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1949· 4 entries
Awarded Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold presented by Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1949).
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An Artist Subsidy Scheme was introduced, under which artists "lacking sufficient income from their profession received a financial provision for a certain time allowing them to continue working
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An unemployment insurance act was passed that came into effect in 1952
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Teacher training colleges in 1952, the extension of compulsory education to eight years in 1950, the Nursery Education Act of 1955, which introduced the option of kindergarten for children from the age of four upwards, w
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1948· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1948–1948).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958).
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1946· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1946–1946).
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1945· 3 entries
Career landmark: Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1945–1948).
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Career landmark: Minister of Social Affairs (1945–1946).
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Career landmark: Minister of Social Affairs (1945–1948).
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1944· 1 entry
Became chairman of the Contact Commissie van de Illegaliteit and a member of the College van Vertrouwensmannen, which the government-in-exile charged with the preparation of steps to be taken at the time of liberation
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1940· 1 entry
And, following the end of World War II, was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs in the national unity Schermerhorn–Drees cabinet
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1935· 1 entry
That fascists are not opponents but enemies
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1933· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1933–1945).
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1926· 1 entry
And he reluctantly accepted, but after the party's secretary and several local branches protested his nomination at the party congress of that year due to Drees' limited national fame, he withdrew his nomination
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1919· 1 entry
Drees became the city's second social democratic alderman, alongside Willem Albarda
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1910· 1 entry
And the following year, at the age of 25, he was elected as the branch's chairman, a position he would keep until 1931
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1903· 1 entry
Started working as a bank teller for the Twentsche Bank in Amsterdam in July 1903
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1886· 1 entry
Born 1886-07-05.
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