Piet Engels - Wikipedia

His Excellency Piet Engels
Piet Engels in 1973

Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work
In office 6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel
Preceded by	Marga Klompé
Succeeded by	Harry van Doorn
Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives
In office 28 April 1971 – 11 May 1971
Preceded by	Norbert Schmelzer
Succeeded by	Gerard Veringa
Parliamentary group	Catholic People's Party
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 5 June 1963 – 6 July 1971
Parliamentary group	Catholic People's Party

Personal details
Born	Peter Joseph Engels (1923-09-25)25 September 1923 Schaesberg, Netherlands
Died	13 April 1994(1994-04-13) (aged 70) Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Other political affiliations	Catholic People's Party (until 1980)
Occupation	Politician · Social worker · Nonprofit director

Peter Joseph "Piet" Engels (25 September 1923 – 13 April 1994) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

Career

Piet Engels opened the Lindenberg Nijmegen Culture House in 1972. Initially there were free academies a music school and a Public Library.^[1]

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	8 June 1973

References

^ Van Capelleveen, Ruud. "Lindenberg in Nijmegen". absolutefacts,nl. Absolute Figures. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

External links

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Official

(in Dutch) P.J. (Piet) Engels Parlement & Politiek

Party political offices
Preceded by Norbert Schmelzer	Parliamentary leader of the Catholic People's Party in the House of Representatives 1971	Succeeded by Gerard Veringa
Political offices
Preceded by Marga Klompé	Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work 1971–1973	Succeeded by Harry van Doorn]

v t e Ministers of Social Work of the Netherlands
Ministry of Culture, Recreation and Social Work
Beel Van Thiel Klompé Schouwenaar-Franssen Vrolijk Klompé Engels Van Doorn Gardeniers-Berendsen Van der Louw De Boer Gardeniers-Berendsen

v t e Ministers of Sport of the Netherlands
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
Beel Van Thiel Klompé Schouwenaar-Franssen Vrolijk Klompé Engels Van Doorn Gardeniers-Berendsen Van der Louw De Boer Gardeniers-Berendsen Brinkman d'Ancona Ritzen Borst Bomhoff De Geus Hoogervorst Klink Schippers Bruins Van Rijn Ark De Jonge Helder

v t e Second Biesheuvel cabinet (1972–1973)
Preceded: First Biesheuvel cabinet Succeed: Den Uyl cabinet
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Roelof Nelissen (Finance) Molly Geertsema (Interior)
Ministers	Norbert Schmelzer (Foreign Affairs) Dries van Agt (Justice) Harrie Langman (Economic Affairs) Hans de Koster (Defence) Louis Stuyt (Health and Environment) Jaap Boersma (Social Affairs) Chris van Veen (Education and Sciences) Bé Udink (Transport and Water Management and Housing and Spatial Planning) Pierre Lardinois (Agriculture and Fisheries) (1972–1973) Jaap Boersma (Agriculture and Fisheries) (Ad interim) Piet Engels (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Pierre Lardinois (Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1972–1973) Molly Geertsema (Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (from 1973) Kees Boertien (Development Cooperation) Chris van Veen (Higher Education and Science Policy)
State Secretaries	Tjerk Westerterp (Foreign Affairs) Willem Scholten (Finance) Fons van der Stee (Finance) Hans Grosheide (Justice) Jan Oostenbrink (Economic Affairs) Adri van Es (Defence) (1972) Koos Rietkerk (Social Affairs) Kees Schelfhout (Education and Sciences) Roelof Kruisinga (Transport and Water Management) Werner Buck (Housing and Spatial Planning) Henk Vonhoff (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

v t e First Biesheuvel cabinet (1971–1972)
Preceded: De Jong cabinet Succeed: Second Biesheuvel cabinet
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Roelof Nelissen (Finance) Molly Geertsema (Interior)
Ministers	Norbert Schmelzer (Foreign Affairs) Dries van Agt (Justice) Harrie Langman (Economic Affairs) Hans de Koster (Defence) Louis Stuyt (Health and the Environment) Jaap Boersma (Social Affairs) Chris van Veen (Education and Sciences) Willem Drees Jr. (Transport and Water Management) (1971–1972) Bé Udink (Transport and Water Management) (from 1972) Pierre Lardinois (Agriculture and Fisheries) Bé Udink (Housing and Spatial Planning) Piet Engels (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Roelof Nelissen (Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1971–1972) Pierre Lardinois (Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (from 1972) Kees Boertien (Development Cooperation) Mauk de Brauw (Higher Education and Science Policy) (1971–1972) Chris van Veen (Higher Education and Science Policy) (from 1972)
State Secretaries	Jan van Stuijvenberg (Interior) (1971–1972) Tjerk Westerterp (Foreign Affairs) Willem Scholten (Finance) Fons van der Stee (Finance) Hans Grosheide (Justice) Jan Oostenbrink (Economic Affairs) Adri van Es (Defence) Koos Rietkerk (Social Affairs) Kees Schelfhout (Education and Sciences) Roelof Kruisinga (Transport and Water Management) Werner Buck (Housing and Spatial Planning) Fia van Veenendaal-van Meggelen (Culture, Recreation and Social Work) (1971–1972) Henk Vonhoff (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

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