• ...was born in the Hague on April 20, 1954, as the third child of five and the only son of Willem Drees jr (1922–1998) and Anna Erica Drees-Gescher (1922–1988).
  • Willem B. Drees, Technology, Trust, and Religion: Roles of Religions in Controversies on Ecology and the Modification of Life (Leiden University Press, 2009).
  • 1. Willem Was The Second Born in His Family. Willem Drees was born on 5th July 1886 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.
  • Narrator At the young age of 18, Willem Drees decided to become politically active: He joined the social democratic party of the Netherlands.
  • Willem B. Drees, ed, Technology, Trust and Religion: Roles of Religions in Controversies on Ecology and Genetic Modification(Leiden University Press, 2009).
  • Willem Drees was one of the most popular Prime Ministers in Dutch history. He was known as “Vadertje” (Father Drees) a nickname that shows the socialist...
  • After Party Leader and Parliamentary leader Willem Albarda was appointed as Minister of Water Management in the Cabinet De Geer II Drees was selected as his...
  • Relatively young compared to his parents; his father Willem Drees died at the age of 101 and his mother Catharina Hent died at the age of 85.
  • Biography. Drees was born in the Hague on April 20, 1954, as the third child of five and the only son of Willem Drees jr (1922–1998) and Anna Erica...