Piet Arie de Ruiter (23 April 1939 – 15 August 2014) was a Dutch politician. He served as a member of the

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...

of the Netherlands between 1971 and 1976 for the Labour Party. He also served on the

Public Body A statutory corporation is a government entity created as a statutory body by statute. Their precise nature varies by jurisdiction, thus, they are statutes owned by a government or controlled by national or sub-national government to the (in ...

Rijnmond. De Ruiter was born in

Schiedam Schiedam () is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen, and south of Delft. In the south the city is connected with the village ...

, in the late 1960s he served in the municipal council of

Krimpen aan den IJssel Krimpen aan den IJssel () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of in , and covers an area of of which is water. History Krimpen is first mentioned in a docum ...

. In 1965 he finished his study of economy at the

Nederlandse Economische Hogeschool Erasmus University Rotterdam (abbreviated as ''EUR'', nl, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam ) is a public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th-century humanist ...

. He was editor of the magazine ''Economisch-Statistische Berichten'' (English: ''Economic-Statistic Messages'') between 1965 and 1971. In 1970 he was elected to the council of the Public Body Rijnmond, he was elected there a further three times until 1982. Between 1976 and 1980 he held the executive portfolio for economic affairs, utilities and education in the Body. De Ruiter served as a member of the

of the Netherlands between 1971 and 1976 for the Labour Party. After his time at the House of Representatives and Public Body Rijnmond he served in economic functions at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and municipality of Rotterdam. In this capacity he earned the title Port Personality of the Year 1983, concerning the

Port of Rotterdam The Port of Rotterdam is the largest seaport in Europe, and the world's largest seaport outside of East Asia, located in and near the city of Rotterdam, in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. From 1962 until 2004, it was the List o ...

. He earned this title for his 1,5 year work in resolving a dispute between employers and employees in the port. He died on 15 August 2014 in

Capelle aan den IJssel Capelle aan den IJssel (; en, Capelle on the IJssel) is a small city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of in , and covers an area of , of which is water. It is situ ...

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Parlement.com biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruiter, Piet de 1939 births 2014 deaths People from Schiedam Erasmus University Rotterdam alumni Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians Municipal councillors in South Holland People from Krimpen aan den IJssel Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)