biography
| name: |
Broek, Hans van den
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pronunciation:
[van den brook]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1936– )
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| biography:
| Dutch politician, born in Paris, France. Employed in 1969–76 by ENKA-Glanzstoff, he entered politics (Katholieke Volkspartij) in 1976, becoming secretary of state for European Affairs under Van Agt, and foreign minister (1982) under Lubbers. In 1993 he succeeded Frans Andriessen as a member of the European Commission with the foreign affairs portfolio. |
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