Theo Thurlings
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Theodorus Lambertus Mathis (Theo) Thurlings (Tegelen
, 24 December 1916 – Wageningen
, 10 September 1997 was a Dutch economist and politician.
He was a member of the CDA
. He was president of the Dutch Senate from 1973 till 1983. He was preceded Maarten de Niet Gerritzoon
and was succeeded by Piet Steenkamp
.
Tegelen
Tegelen is a village in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. It was an independent municipality until 2001, when it was merged into the municipality of Venlo.-Tiglian:...
, 24 December 1916 – Wageningen
Wageningen
' is a municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specializes in life sciences. The city has 37,414 inhabitants , of which many thousands are students...
, 10 September 1997 was a Dutch economist and politician.
He was a member of the CDA
Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
. He was president of the Dutch Senate from 1973 till 1983. He was preceded Maarten de Niet Gerritzoon
Maarten de Niet Gerritzoon
Maarten de Niet Gerritzoon was Dutch politician.He was a member of the PvdA and was considered to be very progressive. Initially he was mayor of Wageningen. He was president of the Senate from 1969 from 1973...
and was succeeded by Piet Steenkamp
Piet Steenkamp
Petrus Antonius Josephus Maria Steenkamp is a Dutch politician.He is a member of the CDA. He played an important role in the formation of the party and is therefore referred to as the father of the CDA. He was president of the Dutch Senate from 1983 to 1991. He was succeeded by Herman Tjeenk...
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