Piet de Visser (politician)
Dutch politician
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| Intro | Dutch politician | |
| Places | Netherlands | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 16 April 1931 | |
| Death | 19 December 2012Rotterdam, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands (aged 81 years) | |
| Politics: | Labour Party |
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Marius Jacobus (Piet) de Visser (April 16, 1931 – December 19, 2012) was a Dutch politician for the Labour Party (PvdA).
De Visser was born and died in Rotterdam. From 1981 to 1991 (with two interruptions) he was a member of the House of Representatives. Before that he was a municipal councillor of Monster, South Holland.
He was an anti-nuclear pacifist and belonged to the left wing of his party. In the late 1980s he became well-known because of his involvement in the making of a new passport. After his political career he switched to GreenLeft (GroenLinks).
De Visser studied economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam.