1. Schelto Patijn was a descendant of Michiel de Ruyter, he was named after the father of his mother, politician Schelto van Citters.
15 Facts About Schelto Patijn
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Schelto Patijn went to school at the liberal Vrijzinnig-Christelijk Lyceum in The Hague from 1948 to 1954.
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Schelto Patijn fulfilled his military duty in which he rose to the rank of reserve-first lieutenant of the royal military police.
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Schelto Patijn received a doctorate degree in September 1973 from the Utrecht University on: 'the European Parliament, the fight for its powers'.
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Schelto Patijn was a Member of the House of Representatives from 28 May 1973 until 16 June 1984 and from 3 July 1973 until 16 July 1979 a Member of the European Parliament.
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From December 1978 to August 1979 Schelto Patijn was President of a special commission to examine who had knowledge of the war past of Willem Aantjes, how they had come to this knowledge and if someone had been using it.
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Schelto Patijn voted in 1980 for a Dutch boycott of the Olympic Games in Moscow.
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At the constitutional revision of 1983 Schelto Patijn played an important role.
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On 16 June 1984, Schelto Patijn became commissioner of the queen in the province South Holland.
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Schelto Patijn was to be the commissioner of the queen of the still to be formed town province of Amsterdam.
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Schelto Patijn got within some years a pet name and a fan club.
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Schelto Patijn was succeeded on 1 January 2001 by Job Cohen.
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In February 2001 Schelto Patijn was asked to be vice-chairman of the Labour Party, but he withdrew for health reasons.
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In 2004, Schelto Patijn was the President of a Labour Party-project group which wrote a report regarding integration and immigration.
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Schelto Patijn's father outlived him by a few months, until his own death on 7 September 2007 at the age of 98.