Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Piet Engels | |
Office: | Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work |
Term Start: | 6 July 1971 |
Term End: | 11 May 1973 |
Primeminister: | Barend Biesheuvel |
Predecessor: | Marga Klompé |
Successor: | Harry van Doorn |
Office1: | Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives |
Term Start1: | 28 April 1971 |
Term End1: | 11 May 1971 |
Predecessor1: | Norbert Schmelzer |
Successor1: | Gerard Veringa |
Parliamentarygroup1: | Catholic People's Party |
Office2: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | 5 June 1963 |
Term End2: | 6 July 1971 |
Parliamentarygroup2: | Catholic People's Party |
Birthname: | Peter Joseph Engels |
Birth Date: | 1923 9, df=y |
Birth Place: | Schaesberg, Netherlands |
Death Place: | Leeuwarden, Netherlands |
Nationality: | Dutch |
Party: | Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980) |
Otherparty: | 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).
Piet Engels opened the Lindenberg Nijmegen Culture House in 1972. Initially there were free academies a music school and a Public Library.[1]
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Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
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Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion | Netherlands | 8 June 1973 | ||