Arnold (Nol) Maassen (August 18, 1922 in
Amsterdam
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- July 3, 2009 in
Langon,
France
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) was a Dutch politician for the
Labour Party (PvdA).
Maassen was a member of the
States-Provincial
The provincial council (, PS), also known as the States Provincial, is the provincial parliament and legislative assembly in each of the provinces of the Netherlands. It is elected for each province simultaneously once every four years and has ...
of
North Holland
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from 1974 to 1981 and a member of the
Senate
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from 1981 to 1987. As a Senator he was spokesman for
development aid
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, and was known as an anti-
nuclear weapon
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pacifist.
He also worked as an employee with the
postal service
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PTT, where he was dealing with complaints.
References
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Parlement.com biography
1922 births
2009 deaths
Dutch civil servants
Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians
Members of the Senate (Netherlands)
Members of the Provincial Council of North Holland
Politicians from Amsterdam
Dutch expatriates in France
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