Theodorus Lambertus Mathis Thurlings (

Tegelen Tegelen ( li, Tegele) is a village in the municipality of Venlo, situated in the Netherlands. It was an independent municipality until 2001, when it was merged into the municipality of Venlo. Tiglian The name of the glacial stage of Tiglian (pa ...

, 24 December 1916 –

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, 10 September 1997) was a Dutch economist and politician.biography from www.parlement.com
/ref> He was a member of the CDA. He was president of the Dutch

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from 1973 till 1983. He was preceded Maarten de Niet Gerritzoon and was succeeded by

Piet Steenkamp Petrus Antonius Josephus Maria "Piet" Steenkamp (8 March 1925 – 8 January 2016) was a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party. From 1949 to 1954, Steenkamp was a business economics employee in his father's factory, the ...

Decorations

*: Knight Grand Cross of the

Order of the Netherlands Lion The Order of the Netherlands Lion, also known as the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands ( nl, De Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw, french: L'Ordre du Lion Néerlandais) is a Dutch order of chivalry founded by King William I of the Netherlands on ...

*: Officer of the

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1916 births 1997 deaths Presidents of the Senate (Netherlands) Members of the Senate (Netherlands) Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Catholic People's Party politicians 20th-century Dutch politicians Dutch Roman Catholics People from Tegelen Academic staff of Wageningen University and Research 20th-century Dutch economists {{Netherlands-CDA-politician-stub