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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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- Wie sehen unsere Nachbarn den deutschen Vereinigungsprozess?
- Capillary Electrophoresis: Instrumentation and Operation
- De nar van Kok
- Capillary electrophoresis
- Facing the challenge
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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 — Self2002
- Aankondiging verloving prins Willem-Alexander en Máxima — Self2001
- Working for Labour1998
- 100 jaar sociaal-democratie 1894-1994 — Self (archive footage)1994
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- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
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- Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
· 2019 · cited 9,160x
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Quotes
- “Nederland is een verdraagzaam land met respect voor elkaars mening. Die mag je bestrijden met woorden, niet met kogels.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Willem
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Bergambacht
- Place of death
- Amsterdam
- Occupation
- trade unionist
- Educated at
- Nyenrode Business University
- Political party
- Labour Party
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Image
- Wim Kok 1994.jpg
- Work location
- The Hague
- Residence
- Amsterdam
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- date of death
- 2018-10-20
- name in native language
- Wim Kok
- birth name
- Willem Kok
- cause of death
- heart failure
- candidacy in election
- 1989 Dutch general election
- P10632
- Wim Kok
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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