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- Dries_van_Agt abstract "Andreas Antonius Maria "Dries" van Agt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdris fɑn ˈɑxt]; born 2 February 1931) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 19 December 1977 until 4 November 1982.Van Agt a jurist and civil servant by occupation, worked for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Justice from 1958 until 1968. Van Agt became a professor of Criminal procedure at the Radboud University Nijmegen in 1968. After the Dutch general election of 1971 Van Agt was asked by the Catholic People's Party (KVP) to become Minister of Justice in the Cabinet Biesheuvel I under Prime Minister Barend Biesheuvel of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP). Van Agt accepted and resigned as a professor the same day he took office as the new Minister of Justice on 6 July 1971. Van Agt remained Minister of Justice in the Cabinet Den Uyl under Prime Minister Joop den Uyl of the Labour Party following the Dutch general election of 1972, he also became Deputy Prime Minister serving from 11 May 1973 until 8 September 1977. On 22 October 1976 Van Agt was selected as the first Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal and became the Lijsttrekker (top candidate) for the Dutch general election of 1977. He resigned as Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister to become the first Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives and a Member of the House of Representatives serving from 8 June 1977 until 19 December 1977. Following the election the Christian Democratic Appeal became the second largest party in the House of Representatives.After a failed cabinet formation with the Labour Party, Van Agt struck a deal with the Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Hans Wiegel that resulted in the formation of the Cabinet Van Agt-Wiegel with Van Agt becoming Prime Minister of the Netherlands taking office on 19 December 1977. With the following Dutch general election of 1981, Van Agt again as Lijsttrekker lost one seat and a coalition formation with the Labour Party and the Democrats 66 (D66) resulted in the Cabinet Van Agt II. On 29 May 1982 the Cabinet Van Agt II collapsed after the Labour Party retracted there support. A rump cabinet Van Agt III was formed with Van Agt also serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Cabinet Van Agt III stayed in office until the Dutch general election of 1982. Van Agt again as Lijsttrekker lost three seats and the Christian Democratic Appeal became the second largest party. A cabinet formation with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) was formed but Van Agt unexpectedly announced his retirement from national politics and stood down as Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal on 13 October 1982. Van Agt remaind Prime Minister of the Netherlands until the Cabinet Lubbers I was installed on 4 November 1982.After his premiership, Van Agt remained in active politics and became the Queen's Commissioner of North Brabant serving from 1 June 1983 until 22 April 1987 when he resigned as Queen's Commissioner because of criticism on his performance and his cooperation with the States-Provincial. After leaving North Brabant, he became a diplomat for the European Communities, serving European Union Ambassador to Japan from 1 April 1987 until 1 April 1989 when he became European Union Ambassador to United States serving until 1 April 1995 when he retired from politics at the age of sixty-four. Following the end of his active political career, Van Agt occupied numerous seats on supervisory boards on international non-governmental organizations (InterAction Council, Green Cross International and the Edmund Burke Foundation). Van Agt served as a visiting professor in Japan, first at the Ritsumeikan University from 1995 until 1996, at the United Nations University in 1999 and at the Kwansei Gakuin University from 2001 until 2004. Van Agt also has been active as a anti-war-activist in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict since the 1990s and has been an advocate in promoting the Two-state solution.".
- Dries_van_Agt alias "Agt, Andreas Antonius Maria van".
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- Dries_van_Agt birthDate "1931-02-02".
- Dries_van_Agt birthName "Andreas Antonius Maria van Agt".
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