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Born July 5, 1886 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died May 14, 1988 (aged 101) • The Hague • Netherlands
Title / Office prime minister (1948-1958), Netherlands
Political Affiliation Social Democratic Labour Party
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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Dutch statesman
Sukarno
Sukarno
president of Indonesia
Ibrahim Datuk Tan Malaka
Minangkabau communist leader
Mohammad Hatta
Indonesian politician
Sutan Sjahrir
prime minister of Indonesia
Ki Hadjar Dewantoro
Indonesian educator
Omar Said Tjokroaminoto
Indonesian leader
Tjipto Mangunkusumo
Indonesian nationalist leader
William I
William I
stadholder of United Provinces of The Netherlands
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte
Mark Rutte
prime minister of the Netherlands and secretary-general of NATO
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Dutch merchant and statesman
Silvio Berlusconi and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Dutch politician
Filips van Montmorency, count van Horne
Dutch statesman
Jaap Kunst
Dutch musicologist
Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
Dutch professor
Hendricus Sneevliet
Dutch politician
Bertram Schrieke
Dutch social anthropologist
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Konrad Adenauer
chancellor of West Germany
Prabowo Subianto
Prabowo Subianto
president of Indonesia