Arie Andries "Andre" van der Louw (9 August 1933 – 20 October 2005) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and journalist. Van der Louw worked as a civil servant for municipality of

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from November 1953 until October 1957. Van der Louw worked as a journalist for the

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from October 1957 until January 1971 as a political editor from October 1957 until September 1965 and as a managing editor from September 1965 until January 1971 and also as editor-in-chief of

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'' Hitweek'' from September 1965 until April 1969. Van der Louw also was active as a political activist and was one of the leaders of the

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movement in the Netherlands which aimed to steer the Labour Party more to the

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. Van der Louw became a Member of the House of Representatives after the resignation of Ed Berg, serving from 12 January 1971 until his resignation on 1 May 1971. Van der Louw served as

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from 1 May 1971 until 16 November 1974. In October 1974 Van der Louw was nominated as Mayor of Rotterdam, taking office on 16 November 1974. Van der Louw was appointed as Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work in the Cabinet Van Agt II, taking office on 11 September 1981. The Cabinet Van Agt II fell just seven months into its term on 12 May 1982 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the

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Cabinet Van Agt III on 29 May 1982. Van der Louw remained in active politics, in March 1983 he was nominated as Chairman of the Rijnmond Council, a direct electable sub national administrative layer between the

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and the

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in the Rijnmond Area, serving from 16 April 1983 until 1 February 1986. Van der Louw also became active in the

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and occupied numerous seats as a nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (

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, Dutch Broadcast Foundation, International Architecture Biennal Rotterdam,

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and the

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) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government ( Advisory Council for Spatial Planning, Probation Agency,

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, Cadastre Agency and the Council for Public Administration).

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