PvdA-Tweede Kamerlid Piet de Visser, 12 november 1985

Marius Jacobus "Piet" de Visser (16 April 1931 – 19 December 2012) was a Dutch politician for the Labour Party (PvdA).

Life and career

De Visser was born and died in

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. He studied economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Next, he served as a municipal councilor of

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. From 1981 to 1991, with two interruptions, De Visser was a member of the House of Representatives. He was an anti-nuclear

pacifist Pacifism is the opposition or resistance to war, militarism (including conscription and mandatory military service) or violence. Pacifists generally reject theories of Just War. The word ''pacifism'' was coined by the French peace campaign ...

and belonged to the left-wing of his party. In the late 1980s, he was involved in the making of a new

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. After his political career, he switched parties for GreenLeft.

References

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Parlement.com biography
1931 births 2012 deaths Dutch civil servants Dutch pacifists Erasmus University Rotterdam alumni Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Municipal councillors in South Holland People from Monster Politicians from Rotterdam {{Netherlands-PvdA-politician-stub