Dirk Stikker
| Dirk Stikker | |
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Dirk Stikker in 1964
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 7 August 1948 – 2 September 1952 |
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| Preceded by | Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout |
| Succeeded by | Jan Willem Beyen |
| 3rd Secretary General of the NATO | |
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In office 21 April 1961 – 1 August 1964 |
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| Preceded by | Paul-Henri Spaak |
| Succeeded by | Manlio Brosio |
| Personal details | |
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5 February 1897 Winschoten, Netherlands |
| Died | 23 December 1979 (aged 82) Wassenaar, Netherlands |
| Political party | Freedom Party (PvdV), People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) |
Dirk Uipko Stikker, GBE, GCVO (5 February 1897 – 23 December 1979) was a Dutch banker, industrialist, politician, and diplomat.
Born in Winschoten, he studied law at the University of Groningen. After his studies he began a career in the banking sector. In 1935, he became director of Heineken International, the famous beer company. He held this post until 1948.
In 1945, he was among the organizers of the Stichting van de Arbeid (Dutch Labour Foundation), thus helping to lay the foundation of post-war collective bargaining in the Netherlands.
In 1964, Stikker was awarded an honorary doctorate by Brown University. He died in Wassenaar in 1979, aged 82.
Stikker entered politics in 1945, when he was elected to the Senate of the States General. On 23 March 1946, he co-founded the Partij van de Vrijheid (PvdV, Freedom Party), together with some former members of the pre-war Liberale Staatspartij (LSP, Liberal State Party). On 24 January 1948, the PvdV was absorbed by the Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD, Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy), which is as of 2004[update] the country's most important Liberal party. Stikker was the VVD's first chairman.
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