Wim Kok

Dutch politician (1938–2018)

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Wim Kok was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1994 to 2002, leading the country through a period of economic growth and social reform. He is remembered as an influential figure in modern Dutch politics who helped shape the country's approach to welfare, labor policy, and European integration during the 1990s and early 2000s.

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Born: 1938-01-01
Died: 2018-10-20
Works: 7

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Wie sehen unsere Nachbarn den deutschen Vereinigungsprozess?
Capillary Electrophoresis: Instrumentation and Operation
De nar van Kok
Capillary electrophoresis
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Willem (Wim) Kok (Bergstoep, 29 September 1938 – Amsterdam, 20 October 2018) was a Dutch politician and trade union leader. From 1994 to 2002, he served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands. Kok was a member of Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA).

Known for

Fortuyn: On-Hollands — Self (archive footage)2025
A porcelain wedding — Self2022
De zware jas van Beatrix — Self (archive footage)2020
De strijd van Kok — Self2015
Het geheim van Ruud Lubbers — Self2013
Huwelijk kroonprins Willem-Alexander en Máxima Zorreguieta — Self

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Willem "Wim" Kok ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪm ˈkɔk] ; 29 September 1938 – 20 October 2018) was a Dutch politician and trade union leader who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA).

Kok studied business administration at the Nyenrode Business School, obtaining a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, and worked as a trade union leader for the Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions from 1961 until 1976, serving as its chairman from 1972. In 1976 it merged to form the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions, with Kok serving as its first chairman until 1986. In the 1986 general election, Kok was elected to the House of Representatives, taking office on 3 June 1986. Shortly after the election, incumbent leader of the Labour Party Joop den Uyl announced he was stepping down and endorsed Kok as his successor, taking office on 21 July 1986. For the 1989 general election, Kok served as lead candidate, after which he struck a coalition agreement with incumbent Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), forming the third Lubbers cabinet. Kok became deputy prime minister and minister of finance, taking office on 7 November 1989.