Piet Dankert

Infobox_President | name =Piet Dankert


order =17^th President of the European Parliament
2^nd of the Elected Parliament
term_start =1982
term_end =1984
vicepresident =
predecessor =Simone Veil
successor =Pierre Pflimlin
birth_date =8 January 1934
birth_place =Netherlands
death_date =21 June 2003
death_place =
party =PvDA, PES
spouse =
profession =
religion =

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Piet Dankert (January 8, 1934 – June 21, 2003) was a Dutch politician, a member of the Partij van de Arbeid.

He was first elected to the Tweede Kamer in 1968. There he was spokesman for foreign affairs and defence. In the late 1970s he moved to the European Parliament, and was President of the European Parliament from January 19, 1982 to July 24, 1984 [http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/eu.htm] .

In the third government of Ruud Lubbers (1989–1994) he was Secretary of State for European matters. He subsequently served a second period in the European Parliament, where he devoted himself to working for the accession of Turkey to the European Union.

External links

* [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Dankert Dutch Wikipedia article, with a photo]