Arie "Aar" de Goede (21 May 1928 – 16 May 2016) was a Dutch politician of the

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(D66) party. He served in the

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(1967–1973),

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(1979–1984) and

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(1986–1987). As part of the executive he was State Secretary of

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between 1973 and 1977.

Career

De Goede was born on 21 May 1928 in

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. He attended the ''Middelbare Handelsschool'' (trade school) and subsequently followed a three-year course in tax law. In 1947 he started working for the

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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 villa ...

. From 1951 he held jobs as an assistant to the managing board, assistant accountant and adjunct secretary at an economic/judicial advise agency. In 1956, he started as a financial administrator at the . De Goede became politically active for the

in 1967, when he became a member of the

after the general election of February. He was one of the first seven members of Democrats 66 in the House. In the House he was part of a

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commission tasked with exploring the future relationships within the Kingdom. He served in the House until being appointed as State Secretary for Finance in the

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on 11 May 1973. During this period, he was responsible for an important revision of the in 1976. De Goede stayed on until the end of the cabinet in December 1977. Two years later De Goede was elected to the European Parliament. De Goede had been

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for the Democrats 66 in the election. He served as member of the parliament between 17 July 1979 and 23 July 1984. De Goede returned to the national political level for a one-year stint in the

, where he served from 3 June 1986 to 23 June 1987. De Goede was made a Knight in the

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on 11 April 1978. He died in

Zoeterwoude Zoeterwoude () is a municipality in the province of South Holland, Western Netherlands. It covers of which is water. It had a population of in . Located to the southeast of Leiden and north of Zoetermeer, the municipality of Zoeterwoude consist ...

on 16 May 2016.

Decorations

References

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A. (Aar) de Goede
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A. de Goede (D66)
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