Piet de Visser (politician)

This article is about the Dutch politician. For the Dutch football manager, see Piet de Visser (football manager).
Piet de Visser

Marius Jacobus (Piet) de Visser (April 16, 1931 – December 19, 2012)[1] 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.

References

  1. ↑ "'Paspoorten-Piet' (81) overleden" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
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