Cees Laban (7 September 1925 – 5 September 1977) was a Dutch politician. He served as a member of the

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from 1967 to 1977, and as a

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from 1973 to 1977. He was a member of the Labour Party. Laban was born in

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on 7 September 1925. From 1946 to 1967, he was a civil servant for the Rotterdam municipality in the Department of Education, Youth Affairs, and Training. On 18 December 1967, Laban succeeded Wouter van der Gevel after the latter's death. On 5 September 1997, Laban died in

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, Italy, after a heart attack.

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1925 births 1977 deaths MEPs for the Netherlands 1958–1979 Labour Party (Netherlands) MPs Politicians from Rotterdam Dutch MPs 1967–1971 {{Netherlands-PvdA-politician-stub