• ...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 Drees was the right man at the right time: loyal to his social-democratic ideals, honest, respectable, astute and pragmatic.
  • Four-volume biography Willem Drees 1886–1988, in Dutch: Jelle Gaemers, De rode wethouder: De jaren 1886–1940 (Amsterdam: Balans, 2006).637 pp.
  • Narrator At the young age of 18, Willem Drees decided to become politically active: He joined the social democratic party of the Netherlands.
  • Maaltijdboxen Willem&Drees en Ekomenu bundelen krachten. Meer kennis en menskracht = meer voordelen voor iedereen!
  • 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.
  • Willem Drees was born on 5 July 1886 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was married to Catharina Hent.