Pieter Cort van der Linden
| Pieter Cort van der Linden | |
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| 27th Prime Minister of the Netherlands | |
| In office August 29, 1913 – September 9, 1918 |
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| Monarch | Wilhelmina |
| Preceded by | Theo Heemskerk |
| Succeeded by | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pieter Wilhelm Adriaan Cort van der Linden 14 May 1846 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 15 July 1935 (aged 89) The Hague, Netherlands |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Joanna van Wickenburg (d.1874) Johanna de Koning |
| Children | 4 |
| Religion | Remonstrant |
Pieter Wilhelm Adrianus Cort van der Linden (14 May 1846 – 15 July 1935) was a Dutch politician. He served as prime minister of the Netherlands between 1913 and 1918.
He was the last prime minister to lead a pure liberal cabinet and the last liberal to be PM until Mark Rutte in 2010 (92 years later). However, the cabinet held only a minority in parliament and depended on the support of the social democrats (similar to the recent liberal-led Dutch minority cabinet depending on the support of the PVV, although the Cort van der Linden government is considered progressive-liberal).
One of his major achievements was maintaining Dutch neutrality during the First World War, although personally he was pro-German.
He also introduced universal suffrage in the Netherlands. Because of this, the Social Democratic Workers' Party and the Algemeene Bond van RK-kiesverenigingen, a Catholic party, won the 1918 elections. The Catholic Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck took Cort van der Linden's place as Prime minister.
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Literature[edit]
- Minderaa, J.T. (1979), "Linden, Pieter Wilhelm Adrianus Cort van der (1846-1935)", Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland 1, retrieved 2008-03-13
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| Preceded by Willem van der Kaay |
Minister of Justice 1897–1901 |
Succeeded by Jan Loeff |
| Preceded by Theo Heemskerk |
Minister of the Interior 1913–1918 |
Succeeded by Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck |
| Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1913–1918 |
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