1. Pieter Jacobus Oud was a Dutch politician of the Free-thinking Democratic League and later co-founder of the Labour Party and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and historian.
25 Facts About Pieter Oud
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Pieter Oud was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 9 November 1963.
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Pieter Oud's father traded in tobacco, wine, and later stocks, and served as alderman in Purmerend.
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Pieter Oud continued to study to become notary between 1904 and 1907.
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Pieter Oud took a private courses in registration in Gorinchem between 1907 and 1909.
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Pieter Oud combined his work as tax collector with his study of law.
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Pieter Oud graduated in 1917 on basis of a disputation.
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Pieter Oud defeated Staalman of the left-wing Christian Democratic Party in the second round in the district of Den Helder.
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Pieter Oud retained his legal position as tax collector, but was given a leave for undetermined time.
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Pieter Oud was even promoted to inspector of finances in 1921, while on leave.
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In parliament Pieter Oud took a particular interest in military matters and education, and served as the party's finance spokesperson.
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Pieter Oud was chairman of the association for the promotion of public education "People's Education" for many years.
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Pieter Oud led the VDB in the 1937 election and returned to the House of Representatives as chair of the parliamentary party.
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Pieter Oud served as chair for the committee on government expenditure.
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Pieter Oud left the House of Representatives in 1938 to become Mayor of Rotterdam.
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Controversially, Pieter Oud did not resign after the German invasion of 1940, although he was not a member of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands.
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Pieter Oud was heavily criticised by Dutch politicians for cooperating too much with the NSB, while the NSB criticised him for being uncooperative.
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Pieter Oud was one of the co-founders of this party and served on the party's board between 1946 and 1947.
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On 3 October 1947, Pieter Oud sent a letter to the board of the PvdA announcing his resignation as a member.
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Pieter Oud never felt at home in the new social democratic party.
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Pieter Oud immediately founded the Committee of Preparation of the Foundation of a Democratic People's Party, which prepared the foundation of the VVD.
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Pieter Oud negotiated the merger of the remnants of the old VDB with the newly founded Freedom Party.
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In 1959 he came into conflict with Harm van Riel, the chair of the VVD's parliamentary party in the Senate, because Van Riel wanted to become minister, but Pieter Oud denied him this.
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Pieter Oud was only asked upon at times of great crisis.
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When Pieter Oud died in 1968, his family wanted to announce his death after the burial.