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Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (born Pieter Gerbrandij; 13 April 1885 – 7 September 1961) was a Dutch politician and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 3 September 1940 until 25 June 1945.
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy ( Pieter Gerbrandij) [1] [2] ( Goënga, 13 april 1885 – Den Haag, 7 september 1961) was een Nederlands advocaat, hoogleraar handelsrecht, burgerlijk procesrecht en faillissementsrecht aan de Vrije Universiteit, politicus en lid van de Tweede Kamer voor de Anti-Revolutionaire Partij (1948-1959) en lid en voorzitter van de ...
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy was a Dutch statesman who as prime minister (1940–45) conducted the Netherlands’ World War II government-in-exile and controlled its armed forces (1940–44). Gerbrandy obtained his law degree at the Free University of Amsterdam in 1911 and practiced law thereafter.
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Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy was a member of the Dutch government in London. In September 1940 he was made a minister in the exiled government at the request of Queen Wilhelmina. In May 1942 he was appointed Minister of General Warfare.
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy was a Dutch politician and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 3 September 1940 until 25 June 1945. He oversaw the government-in-exile based in London under Queen Wilhelmina during the German occupation of the Netherlands.
On 3 September 1940 the formation of the war cabinet was completed and Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy was installed as Prime Minister.
Jun 13, 2016 · This article reviews three biographies of former Dutch prime ministers: wartime Prime Minister Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961), the first post-war Prime Minister Willem Schermerhorn (1894–1977) and the last volume of the biography of “vadertje” (daddy) Willem Drees (1886–1988).
