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Willem Drees
Willem Drees Sr. (; 5 July 1886 – 14 May 1988) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and historian who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 7 August 1948 to 22 December 1958.
Drees worked as an accountant and bank teller for the from 1904 until 1906 and as a stenographer for the States General of the Netherlands from 1907 until 1919. Drees became a member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) in 1904 and was elected as a Member of
They had five children; four girls and one son Willem B. Drees the third child became a philosopher. Anna Erica Drees-Gescher died on 12 May 1988 at the age of 65. Willem Drees Jr. died on 5 September 1998 at the age of 75. Relatively young compared to his parents; his father Willem Drees died at the age of 101 and his mother Catharina Hent died at the age of 85.
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- Dr. W. (Wim) Drees jr. Parlement & Politiek