biography
| name: |
Wijers, Hans
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popular name of Gerardus Johannes
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pronunciation:
[wiyers]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1951– )
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| biography:
| Dutch politician, born in Oostburg, SW Netherlands. He worked in the departments of social and economic affairs before joining industry (1984–9). A member of Democraten '66 (D66), he became minister of economic affairs in the Kok cabinet (1994), surviving the closure of the Fokker aeroplane company and the mass redundancies following it. He was responsible for the relaxation of the Shop Hours Act. |
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