biography
pronunciation:
[kookook]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1912–87)
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| biography:
| Dutch politician, born in Hoogeveen, N Netherlands. A farmer, he at first joined the CHU (Christian Historical Union) but with E J Harmsen founded the Boerenpartij (Farmers Party) in 1959 and was the representative in parliament from 1963 until 1981, but it failed to win any seats. He supported the farmers' refusal to pay taxes in 1963. |
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