Dirk Nak

Dutch trade union leader, active in Denmark
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroDutch trade union leader, active in Denmark
PlacesDenmark
wasActivist Trade unionist
Work fieldActivism
Gender
Male
Birth1885
Death2 May 1967 (aged 82 years)
Politics:Social Democrats
The details

Biography

Dirk Nak (1884 or 1885 – 2 May 1967) was a Dutch trade union leader, active in Denmark.

Born in the Netherlands, Nak became a cigar maker. In 1913, he moved to Denmark, where he carried on in the same trade, joining the Danish Tobacco Workers' Union. In 1917, he was elected to the union executive, and in 1938, he was elected as president of the union, also serving on the executive of the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions, and as president of the International Federation of Tobacco Workers. He stood down from the international in 1952, but held the other positions until his retirement in 1955. He was also active in the Social Democrats, and from 1945 to 1958 sat on the Copenhagen City Council.

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