Piet Dankert

Pieter ( Piet ) Dankert ( born January 8, 1934 in Stiens, † June 21, 2003 in Perpignan ) was a Dutch politician, member and representative of the social democratic PvdA.

Life

Dankert first worked after school education and studies in education, before he was elected in 1968 at the age of 34 years in the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament. There he became the political spokesman of his party or faction for foreign policy and defense matters. In addition, he also ran European policy and advocated for an increased cooperation between the EG-/EU-Statten. In the late 1970s changed Dankert his field of activity of the Dutch Second Chamber of the European Parliament, whose fortunes he codetermined as president from 1982 until 1984. In the third cabinet of Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers (1989-1994) he held the post of Secretary of State for European Affairs. Then he returned as an MP back in the European parliament.

Dankert distinguished himself there, especially in budgetary debates and worked as a member of various ( parliamentary ) committees of the Council of Europe, NATO and the WEU. In his last years as an MEP his party, he sat down in particular and for future accession of Turkey to the EU.

Political offices

  • Member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament: February 6, 1968 to June 10, 1981;
  • Member of the European Parliament: July 17, 1979 to November 6, 1989 and July 19, 1994 bis July 1999 without
  • Chairman of the European Parliament: January 19, 1982 to July 24, 1984;
  • Secretary of State for Buitenlandse Zaken ( European and Foreign Policy): November 7, 1989 to July 15, 1994.
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