biography
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Uyl, Joop (Johannes Marten) den
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pronunciation:
[den oel
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| male
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| lived:
| (1919–87)
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| biography:
| Dutch economist, politician, and prime minister (1973–7), born in Hilversum, WC Netherlands. After 1948 he worked as a journalist for Het Parool and Vrij Nederland, and in 1949 became director of the Partij van de Arbeid's (PvdA) Academic Bureau, the Wiardi Beckman Stichting. He served on the Amsterdam Council (1952–65), entered parliament in 1956 (PvdA), and as minister of economic affairs (1965–6) closed the Limburg mines. He led the parliamentary party from 1976 until handing over to Wim Kok in 1986. As prime minister (1973–7) he had to cope with the oil crisis, the Lockheed Affair, and the South-Moluccan train hijacks; after that he led his party in opposition and in a series of coalitions. In 1980–7 he chaired the federation of socialist parties of the European Community. |
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