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Wim Kok
Willem "Wim" Kok was a Dutch politician and trade union leader who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA).
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politics · Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1994 to 2002 · politician · trade unionist · head of government · also Wim Kok, Willem Kok, W. Kok, Kok
Born 29 September 1938 · Died 20 October 2018 · Q221411
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2018· 4 entries
Wim Kok died from heart failure in a hospital in Amsterdam, aged 80, in the presence of his wife, children and grandchildren
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Died 2018-10-20.
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“Nederland is een verdraagzaam land met respect voor elkaars mening. Die mag je bestrijden met woorden, niet met kogels.”
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Global Economy Prize (2005).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Three Stars, 2nd Class (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of State (2003–2018).
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau (2002).
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2001).
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A Labor Income Tax Credit (similar to the Earned Income Tax Credit in the United States) was introduced, providing tax relief to earners of labor income as a means of incentivizing employment
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2000· 1 entry
With the intention of making it financially possible for everyone in the Netherlands to study
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1999· 1 entry
A law was introduced called WWIK (Work and Income Provision for Artists Act), under which poor artists "who would otherwise need social benefits can for a maximum of four years receive the WWIK benefits while still being
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1998· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1998–1998).
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1997· 3 entries
More flexibility introduced into the parental leave scheme, with employees able to request to spread leave over more than 26 weeks or take up more hours per week
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A separate tax deduction for single elderly persons was introduced on 1 January 1997
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Coverage of the AWBZ (a separate mandatory insurance scheme for long-term care set up in 1968) was extended to residential care for the elderly
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1996· 2 entries
Some 525 municipalities applied for this subsidy
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Compulsory sick pay was entirely privatized, and wage continuation as a percentage of usual wages went down from 75 to 70%, although duration was extended to 52 weeks
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1995· 4 entries
To meet various individual needs; offering a choice "between care in kind, or cash payments that could also be used to purchasing services from private and market sector
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Under which benefit was increased with age only for the first child, while from 1996 child benefit only became payable for children up until the age of 18, while previously child benefit was paid up until the age of 24 u
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With a tightening of both eligibility and entitlement rules
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And the other ministers had no choice but to follow him
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1994· 4 entries
A reform was passed including part-time workers in the occupational pension funds
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1994–2002).
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Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1994–1994).
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Career landmark: Minister of General Affairs (1994–2002).
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1989· 2 entries
Career landmark: Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1989–1994).
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance (1989–1994).
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1986· 2 entries
Career landmark: Leader of the Labour Party (1986–2001).
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Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1986–1989).
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1982· 1 entry
The NVV merged with the Dutch Catholic Trade Union Federation (NKV) to form the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (FNV), of which he served as chair until 1986
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1976· 1 entry
It merged to form the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions, with Kok serving as its first chairman until 1986
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1965· 1 entry
After four years of dating, Kok married Margrietha Lummechiena "Rita" Roukema (born 3 November 1939)
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1961· 1 entry
At the socialist Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions (NVV), where he was chairman from 1973 until 1982
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1960· 1 entry
Kok lived in Amsterdam from 1960 until his death, first in the neighbourhood of Osdorp and later Slotervaart.
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1938· 1 entry
Born 1938-09-29.
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