Henk Vredeling

Henk Vredeling.

Hendrikus (Henk) Vredeling (20 November 1924, Amersfoort – 27 October 2007, Huis ter Heide) was a Dutch politician.

In 1956 he was first elected to the Dutch House of Representatives for the Dutch Labour Party. From 1958 to 1973 he was member of the European Parliament. He served as Minister of Defence (1973–1977) and European Commissioner (1977–1981).

External links

Handelsblad: Henk Vredeling obituary (Dutch)

Preceded by Hans de Koster	Minister of Defence 1973–1977	Succeeded by Bram Stemerdink
Preceded by Pierre Lardinois	Dutch European Commissioner 1977–1981	Succeeded by Frans Andriessen

Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands

Ministry of Defence

Lambooij Deckers Colijn Van Dijk Dijxhoorn Van Boeijen Furstner Van Lidth de Jeude De Booy De Quay Meynen Fiévez Schagen van Leeuwen Schokking s'Jacob Staf Van den Bergh De Quay Visser De Jong Den Toom De Koster Vredeling Stemerdink Kruisinga De Koning Scholten De Geus Van Mierlo De Ruiter Van Eekelen Bukman Bolkestein Ter Beek Voorhoeve De Grave Korthals Kamp Van Middelkoop Hillen Hennis-Plasschaert

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 6318566 LCCN: n83213695 GND: 170295303 BPN: 60169221

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