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The Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA), or "Labour Party", is a social democratic political party in the Netherlands. The PvdA was formed on February 9, 1946, as a merger of three parties: the social-democrat SDAP, and the marginal left-liberal VDB and equally marginal social-protestant CDU . The PvdA has been one of the major parties in the Netherlands ever since.
A number of prime ministers have been recruited from the PvdA. The first one was Wim Schermerhorn , a former VDB politician, until July 1946. In 1948, Willem Drees the proverbial embodiment of all that is good in Dutch politics, became prime minister, which he remained for 10 years. He has earned the title "father Drees", both for his presiding over the recovery from the Second World War and the introduction of the provisional Old Age Pension act, that guaranteed a minimum income for everyone over 65.
After a period where the PvdA was influenced by newly formed left parties, Joop den Uyl became prime minister from 1973 to 1977. In the social-democratic tradition, he was more a national leader than a party man. He strongly defended the membership of NATO in spite of its impopular nuclear weapon policy, what earned him the title " Atom bomb Joop" in party circles.
When the PvdA pursued a more leftwing confrontational course in the late 1970s, it was excluded from government until 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra, when the PvdA formed a coalition with the CDAThe Christen-Democratisch Appel (CDA, "Christian Democratic Appeal") is a political party of the Netherlands that was established in 1980. The CDA is a fusion of three Christian democratic parties: the Reformed Christelijk-Historische Unie (CHU), the Prot.
After the elections of 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an, the PvdA emerged as the biggest party, even though it lost 12 seats in parliament. With the PvdA, the right-liberal VVDThe Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie VVD , literally people's party for freedom and democracy is a free market liberal party in the Netherlands. It is currently the third largest political party in the Netherlands. The party was the only member of and left-liberal D66Democraten 66 (D66), is a social liberal party in the Netherlands. Short history It was founded on October 14, 1966 as D'66 by 44 people, 25 of whom had been active in other parties. The initiators were Hans van Mierlo, a journalist of the Algemeen Handel being of a roughly equal size in parliament there was for the first time an opportunity to form a government coalition without the Christian Democrats. With Wim KokWillem Kok September 29 1938 Predecessor: Ruud Lubbers Prime Minister 1994- 2002 Succeeded by Jan Peter Balkenende Prime Minister of the Netherlands Willem (Wim) Kok (born September 29, 1938) was a Dutch politician and the Prime Minister of The Netherland becoming prime minister, the socalled "purple" coalition, blending social democratic red with liberalLiberalism is a political current embracing several historical and present-day ideologies that claim defense of individual liberty as the purpose of government. It typically favors the right to dissent from orthodox tenets or established authorities in po blue, governed the country until 2002.
The 2002 elections saw a big loss for the PvdA, which obtained only 23 seats in the Tweede Kamer, the lowest number since the party was established. The parliamentary party's candidate leader Ad Melkert resigned from his position as a result of this election.
Fate has it that every socialist prime Minister has had to deal with a Royal crisis, necessitating on the basis of constitutional law the defence of the monarchy against a traditional republican party base.
In the 2003 elections, the new political leader Wouter Bos managed to regain almost all seats lost in the previous election, and the PvdA was once again the second-largest party of the Netherlands, only slightly smaller than the CDA. After the election they built up a commanding lead in the opinion polls, aided by the slow formation process for the second Balkenende cabinet.
Number of seats in the Tweede Kamer, of the 150 total:
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