Piet Dankert

Piet Dankert
13th President of the European Parliament
In office 1982–1984
Preceded by	Simone Veil
Succeeded by	Pierre Pflimlin
Personal details
Born	8 January 1934 Netherlands
Died	21 June 2003
Political party	PvdA, PES

Piet Dankert (8 January 1934 in Stiens – 21 June 2003 in Perpignan) was a Dutch politician, a member of the Dutch Labour Party.

He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1968. There he was spokesman for foreign affairs and defence. In the late 1970s he moved to the European Parliament, and was President of the European Parliament from 19 January 1982 to 24 July 1984.^[1]

In the third government of Ruud Lubbers (1989–1994) he was Secretary of State for European matters. He subsequently served a second period in the European Parliament, where he devoted himself to working for the accession of Turkey to the European Union.

References

Presidents of the European Parliament
Common Assembly: 1952–1958	Paul-Henri Spaak Alcide De Gasperi Giuseppe Pella Hans Furler
Parliamentary Assembly: 1958–1962	Robert Schuman Hans Furler
European Parliament (appointed): 1962–1979	Gaetano Martino Jean Duvieusart Victor Leemans Alain Poher Mario Scelba Walter Behrendt Cornelis Berkhouwer Georges Spénale Emilio Colombo
European Parliament (elected): 1979–present	Simone Veil Piet Dankert Pierre Pflimlin Henry Plumb Enrique Barón Crespo Egon Klepsch Klaus Hänsch José María Gil-Robles Nicole Fontaine Pat Cox Josep Borrell Hans-Gert Pöttering Jerzy Buzek Martin Schulz Gianni Pittella (Acting) Martin Schulz
Commission President President of the European Council Council Presidency President of Parliament