biography
| name: |
Troelstra, Pieter Jelles
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pronunciation:
[troolstra]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1860–1930)
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| biography:
| Dutch politician, lawyer, and Frisian poet, born in Leeuwarden, N Netherlands. He became a member of the Sociaal-Democratische Bond (SDB) and opposed Domela Nieuwenhuis. In 1894 he co-founded the Sociaal-Democratische Arbeiderspartij (SDAP) and was its acknowledged leader for 30 years. An MP (1897–1925), he was strongly attacked by the left wing of the party. In November 1918 he proclaimed the revolution, but no-one took much notice, and his authority waned from then on. He believed that parliamentarism should be backed up by direct action, which made him very unpopular. He wrote poetry in the Frisian language under the pseudonym Piter Jelles. |
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