Bonno Spieker

Bonno Spieker (; 18 December 1935 – 29 March 2017) was a Dutch politician. He served in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party from 8 June 1977 to 10 June 1981 and again from 15 September 1981 until 17 May 1994. He was considered a member of the left wing of the party and a spokesperson for the Northern provinces.

Career Spieker was born in Delfzijl on 18 December 1935. After attending the he followed a course to become ship engineer on coastal trade. He was a mechanic between 1952 and 1955 and subsequently was ship engineer from 1956 to 1964. Spieker then started working for AKZO in Delfzijl, where he was an operator until 1972 and subsequently secretary of the work council until 1977. Labour Party leader and Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Joop den Uyl, frequently took Spieker with him to factories on the brink of bankruptcy, to see whether there were still possibilities to save the company.

In the House Spieker was tasked with social and economical affairs and municipal redivisioning. He supported the structural plan for the North. Spieker was one of fourteen members of Congress who did not attend the coronation of Queen Beatrix on 30 April 1980, he did so without providing a reason. In 1980 Spieker also voted for a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union, being part of a minority in his party. After his time in the House Spieker was a member of the municipal council of Delfzijl for four years.

Spieker died in Delfzijl on 29 March 2017.