Marcus Bakker
| Marcus Bakker | |
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| Leader of the Communist Party of the Netherlands in the House of Representatives | |
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In office 15 December 1963 – 7 September 1982 |
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| Preceded by | Paul de Groot |
| Succeeded by | Ina Brouwer |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 7 November 1956 – 16 September 1982 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Marcus Bakker 20 June 1923 Zaandam, Netherlands |
| Died | 24 December 2009 (aged 86) Zaandam, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party |
Communist Party of the Netherlands (1943–1991) GreenLeft (1991–1999) |
| Spouse(s) | Els Ezerman |
| Occupation | Politician, Journalist |
Marcus Bakker (20 June 1923 – 24 December 2009) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) now merged into GreenLeft (GL). He was the Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives from 15 December 1963 until 7 September 1982.
Bakker was the son of an accountant who worked for the slaughterhouse in Zaandam. He joined the then illegal Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) in 1943, during World War II. After the war he became an editor of the communist daily newspaper De Waarheid and an official of the CPN.
In 1953, Bakker became editor-in-chief of De Waarheid, and in 1956 a member of the House of Representatives. He was a confidant of the then party leader Paul de Groot, who took firm action against dissident movements within the party. Bakker wrote a book called De CPN in de oorlog (The CPN during the war, 1958), in which he accused prominent party members such as Gerben Wagenaar, Henk Gortzak, Frits Reuter and Bertus Brandsen of being spies. They were eventually expelled from the party.
In 1956, Bakker openly supported the crack down on demonstrations that expressed solidarity with the protests in Poznań in Communist-led Poland. Bakker did not accept criticism of the Soviet Union.
When the Netherlands were in the process of adopting a new constitution, the draft of Article 1 banned discrimination "on the grounds of religion, conviction, political orientation, race or gender". Bakker proposed to add "or any other ground" to this, which was accepted.
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