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Born February 14, 1967 (age 58) • The Hague • Netherlands
Title / Office prime minister (2010-2023), Netherlands
Political Affiliation People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy

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Silvio Berlusconi and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Dutch politician
Willem Drees
prime minister of the Netherlands
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Dutch politician
William I
William I
stadholder of United Provinces of The Netherlands
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Dutch statesman
Geert Wilders
Geert Wilders
Dutch politician
William I
William I
king of The Netherlands
Pieter Geyl
Dutch historian
Bernhard, prince of the Netherlands, prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld
prince of the Netherlands
Louis of Nassau, panel portrait by an unknown artist, 1574; in the Orange Nassau Museum, Delft, Neth.
Louis of Nassau
Dutch political leader
Filips van Montmorency, count van Horne
Dutch statesman
Abraham Kuyper
Abraham Kuyper
Dutch theologian and statesman
Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud
Dutch architect
William II
William II
king of The Netherlands
Karel Doorman
Dutch admiral
Juliana, detail of an oil painting by W.G. Hofker, 1949.
Juliana
queen of The Netherlands
Hendrik van Brederode
Dutch nobleman
Pieter Jelles Troelstra
Dutch statesman
Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich
Dutch admiral