• 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...
  • Both his sons Jan Drees and Willem Drees Jr. were active members of the Labour Party, but left the party around 1970 to join the Democratic Socialists 1970.
  • Willem Bernard Drees is professor of philosophy of the humanities at Tilburg University in the Netherlands.
  • Willem Drees was the right man at the right time: loyal to his social-democratic ideals, honest, respectable, astute and pragmatic.
  • 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...
  • Willem Drees. Home Country. Netherlands. ... Scholar Information. Grantee. Willem Drees. Title. PhD Candidate.
  • Nederlands: Willem Drees (1886-1988) was een Nederlands politicus (minister-president 1948-1958). English: Willem Drees was a Dutch politician (Prime Minister).
  • 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.
  • Willem Drees was een van de populairste minister-presidenten die Nederland gekend heeft. Zijn bijnaam was 'vadertje Drees'.