• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher and Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers at a press conference in The Hague on 19 September 1983.
  • But after striking an agreement with industry and unions, Lubbers began slashing spending, earning himself the nickname "Ruud Shock" in Time magazine.
  • A long time before it had acquired a name or form, Ruud Lubbers fell foul of the #MeToo movement. In 2003 the former Dutch prime minister, by then serving his.
  • Ruud Lubbers was the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs from 1973 to 1977 and became Prime Minister of the Netherlands in 1982, serving for 12 years until 1994.
  • After retiring from politics, Lubbers worked as an advocate and activist for sustainable development and climate change. Ruud married Ria Hoogeweegen in 1962.
  • Dr.h.c. Rudolphus Franciscus Marie (Ruud) Lubbers was born in 1939 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. After studying economics, he worked in business.
  • The Netherlands’ longest-serving prime minister, Ruud Lubbers, who pulled his country out of recession while struggling to reform the Dutch welfare state, died on...
  • Former Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers speaks during a conference on October 25, 2013 | Marcel Van Hoorn/AFP via Getty Images.
  • 7 May 1939, The Netherlands. Education: Mr. Lubbers went to Cansius School in Nimega and studied Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.