Albertus Wilhelmus te Pas

Albertus Wilhelmus "Ab" te Pas (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) was a Dutch politician. He was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives for the Dutch Middle Class Party (NMP) from 1971 to 1972, during which he was embroiled in conflict with his fellow MP Jacques de Jong and party chairman Martin Dessing.

Biography Ab te Pas was born on 6 August 1910 in Amsterdam. He completed his secondary education in Amsterdam, after which he attended night school for three years to study business and subsequently attended a private school to study constitutional law. From 1926 to 1966, Te Pas worked as a manager in the Dutch Municipal Health Service, after which he became director of a wholesale firm selling paintings. and other issues affecting small and medium business owners and entrepreneurs, with the hope of obtaining 16 to 20 seats. Te Pas was elected to the House of Representatives alongside Jacques de Jong, replacing party secretary Martin Dessing, when the party obtained two seats in that year's election. As an MP, Te Pas rarely spoke, only doing so on tax issues involving automobiles and municipal boundary changes.

A few days after entering the House of Representatives, Te Pas was accused of corruption by his colleague De Jong, who said Te Pas made him pay 30,000 guilders into the NMP party coffers. despite the NMP party executive voting to bar Te Pas from the position. De Jong then left the NMP, citing attempted "blackmail" from Te Pas and NMP party secretary Dessing, leaving Te Pas as the sole representative of the NMP. After Te Pas accused De Jong in an NMP publication of embezzling the party's election deposit paid by Te Pas to pay for his own new party newspaper De Jong sued Te Pas for defamation, which Te Pas lost, being forced to cease the publication of the offending newspaper.

In the 1972 Dutch general election the NMP lost both its seats, and Te Pas subsequently left the House of Representatives. After the lawsuit, the NMP's funds, including Te Pas's salary, were seized by the court, until another ruling two weeks later lifted the previous court order.

Ab te Pas died on 11 March 1981 in Amsterdam.