Frans Andriessen

Frans Andriessen
European Commissioner for Trade
In office 6 January 1989 – 6 January 1993
President	Jacques Delors
Preceded by	Willy De Clercq
Succeeded by	Hans van den Broek
European Commissioner for Competition
In office 6 January 1981 – 7 January 1985
President	Gaston Thorn
Preceded by	Raymond Vouel
Succeeded by	Peter Sutherland
Minister of Finance
In office 19 December 1977 – 22 February 1980
Monarch	Juliana
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Preceded by	Wim Duisenberg
Succeeded by	Gijs van Aardenne
Personal details
Born	(1929-04-02) 2 April 1929 Utrecht, Netherlands
Political party	Catholic People's Party (1967-1980) Christian Democratic Appeal (1980-present)

Franciscus Henricus Johannes Joseph (Frans) Andriessen (born 2 April 1929 in Utrecht) is a senior Dutch politician.

In 1967 he was first elected to the House of Representatives for the Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP). From 1971 to 1977 he was leader of the KVP. In 1977, the KVP merged with two protestant parties to form the Christen-Democratisch Appel (CDA). For the CDA, he served as Minister of Finance (1977–1980) and European Commissioner for Competition (1981-1985), Agriculture (1985-1989), and External Relations and Trade (1989–1993). He is one of few politicians to serve three consecutive terms as an EU Commissioner.