About Pieter Cort van der Linden
Lived 1846 – 1935 (aged 89). Pieter Cort van der Linden was a Dutch lawyer, jurist, politician, diplomat, university teacher and economist.
Pieter Wilhelm Adrianus Cort van der Linden (14 May 1846 – 15 July 1935) was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from August 1913 to September 1918.
Biography He was the last prime minister to lead a liberal cabinet and the last liberal to be Prime Minister until Mark Rutte in 2010 (92 years later). One of Cort van der Linden's major achievements was maintaining Dutch neutrality during World War I although personally, he was pro-German.
He also introduced universal suffrage in the Netherlands in what is now known as the Pacification of 1917. That made the Social Democratic Workers' Party and the General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses win the 1918 elections. The Catholic Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck took Cort van der Linden's place as Prime Minister.
Van der Linden is remembered for passing the 1874 act of parliament prohibiting child labour in heavy industry.
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Who was Pieter Cort van der Linden?
Dutch politician (1846–1935)
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Pieter Cort van der Linden was born on 14 May 1846 in The Hague.
When did Pieter Cort van der Linden die?
Pieter Cort van der Linden died on 15 July 1935 in The Hague.
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Pieter Cort van der Linden was a lawyer, jurist, politician, diplomat, university teacher and economist.
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Pieter Cort van der Linden was Dutch.
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