• ...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.
  • 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.
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  • Willem B. Drees, Waarom Deo et Patriae? Geloof én wetenschap in de eerste jaren van de Hollandsche Maatschappij (Haarlemse Voordrachten, LXXXIII.
  • 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...
  • 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.