About Irene Vorrink
Lived 1918 – 1996 (aged 78). Irene Vorrink was a Dutch politician, journalist and jurist.
Irene Vorrink (7 January 1918 – 21 August 1996) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).
She was born on 7 January 1918 in The Hague as the daughter of the Dutch socialist leader Koos Vorrink. She studied law until 1943 and held several legal functions, before she became a member of the Senate for the PvdA in 1969.
In 1973 she became Minister of Health in the cabinet Den Uyl. A major issue was the legislation concerning drugs, which she achieved in 1976 together with Minister of Justice, Dries van Agt. The Netherlands has since then employed a distinction between hard and soft drugs.
From 1978 until 1979 Vorrink was an alderman in the city of Amsterdam.
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Who was Irene Vorrink?
Dutch politician (1918-1996)
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Irene Vorrink was born on 7 January 1918 in The Hague.
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Irene Vorrink died on 21 August 1996 in Groningen, Zevenhuizen.
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Irene Vorrink was a politician, journalist and jurist.
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Irene Vorrink was Dutch.
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