Piet Dankert

Piet Dankert (1963)

Pieter "Piet" Dankert (born January 8, 1934 in Stiens , now part of the municipality of Leeuwarden ; †  June 21, 2003 in Perpignan ) was a Dutch politician , member and representative of the Social Democratic PvdA .

Life

Piet Dankert first worked in education after school and university before being elected to the lower chamber of the Dutch parliament in 1968 at the age of 34 . There he became the political spokesman for his party and faction for foreign policy and defense policy matters. He also pursued European politics and campaigned for increasing cooperation between the EC and EU states. At the end of the 1970s, Dankert changed his field of activity from the Dutch Lower House to the European Parliament , whose fortunes he helped determine from 1982 to 1984 as President. In the third cabinet of Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers(1989-1994) he held the post of Secretary of State for European Affairs. He then returned to the European Parliament as an MEP, a post he held until the end of his career in 1999.

Dankert made a name for himself there, especially in budget debates and worked as a member of various (parliamentary) committees of the Council of Europe , NATO and the WEU . In his last years as MEP for his party, he campaigned in particular for Turkey 's future accession to the EU.

Dankert has been married to his wife Paulette since 1962, and they have a son and two daughters together. Piet Dankert died on June 21, 2003 at the age of 69 in France, his second home.

political offices

• Member of the Lower 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 to July 1999;
• President of the European Parliament: January 19, 1982 to July 24, 1984;
• State Secretary for Buitenlandse Zaken (European and Foreign Policy): 7 November 1989 to 15 July 1994.

web links

• Piet Dankert in the European Parliament 's Members Database
• P. (Piet) Dankert . Biography on 'Parlement & Politiek', Leiden University information collection (Dutch).

itemizations

1. ↑ Tam Dalyell : Pieter Dankert . Independent.co.uk obituary , 3 July 2003, accessed 19 January 2017 (English).