Jan Cornelis Terlouw (born 15 November 1931) is a retired Dutch politician, physicist and author. A member of the

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(D66) party, he served as

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from 1981 to 1982 under Prime Minister

Dries van Agt Andreas Antonius Maria "Dries" van Agt (; born 2 February 1931) is a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of t ...

. Terlouw studied

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and

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at the

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simultaneously obtaining

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and

degree and worked as a researcher at the FOM before finishing his thesis and graduated as a

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. Terlouw worked as a nuclear physics researcher at the

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(MIT) from February 1960 until April 1962 and for the

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(KTH) from August 1965 until December 1966. After the election of 1971 Terlouw was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives on 11 May 1971 and served as a

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and

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for

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and

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. After

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and

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Hans van Mierlo Henricus Antonius Franciscus Maria Oliva "Hans" van Mierlo (; 18 August 1931 – 11 March 2010) was a Dutch politician and journalist who co-founded Democrats 66 (D66). Van Mierlo studied Law at the Radboud University Nijmegen obtaining a Mas ...

announced he was stepping down Terlouw was unanimously selected as his successor on 1 September 1973. For the elections of 1977 and

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Terlouw served as ''

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'' (top candidate) and following a

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with Christian-democratic Leader

and

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formed the Cabinet Van Agt II with Terlouw appointed as

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and Minister of Economic Affairs taking office on 11 September 1981. The cabinet fell just seven months into its term and was replaced with the

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Cabinet Van Agt III with Terlouw continuing his offices. For the election of 1982 Terlouw again served as ''Lijsttrekker'' but shortly thereafter announced he was stepping down as Leader on 8 September 1982. Terlouw continued to be active in politics and in December 1982 he was nominated as the next Secretary-General of the

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(ITF) serving from 30 January 1983 until 15 October 1991. In October 1991 Terlouw was nominated as the next Queen's Commissioner of

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serving from 1 November 1991 until 1 December 1996. Terlouw also became active in the

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, and worked as a professor of

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at the

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from January 1997 until January 2000. After the Senate election of 1999 Terlouw was elected as a Member of the Senate serving from 8 June 1999 until 10 June 2003 and served as a frontbencher and spokesperson for the Interior, Economic Affairs and

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. Terlouw retired from active politics at 71 but continued to be active in the public sector as a non-profit director and served on several state commissions ( nl) and councils on behalf of the government, and worked as a professor of

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at the

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from September 2003 until September 2004. Following his retirement Terlouw continues to be active as an advocate and activist for

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and for more

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. Terlouw is known for his abilities as a consensus builder and negotiator and continues to comment on political affairs as of . Terlouw has been active as a prolific author since the 1970's having written more than dozen

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books, his 1972 novel '' Winter in Wartime'' was

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and released as a

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in 2008.

Background

Early life and education

Terlouw was born in

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and grew up in the

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. He was the eldest son a family of five, having two younger brothers and two sisters. After high school, Terlouw studied at

, where he obtained an MSc degree in mathematics and physics, and a PhD degree in

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Career

After graduating from Utrecht University, he worked as a physics researcher in the Netherlands, the United States, and Sweden. After working for thirteen years, he became a politician, joining the Dutch

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(the

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of the Dutch legislature) as a member of the

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political party in 1970

Personal life

Terlouw was married to Alexandra van Hulst until her death on 23 August 2017. Terlouw is a father of four and grandfather of twelve.

Publications

Terlouw wrote 24 children's books, most notably '' Winter in Wartime'' (''Oorlogswinter'', 1972) and ''How to Become King'' (''Koning van Katoren'', 1971), both of which won the

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and have been made into motion pictures directed by

Martin Koolhoven Martinus Wouter "Martin" Koolhoven (born 25 April 1969) is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Internationally he is most known for ''Schnitzel Paradise'' (2005), '' Winter in Wartime'' (2008) and '' Brimstone'' (2016), which was his first f ...

. Terlouw's books have been illustrated by various illustrators, including Dick van der Maat, Martijn van der Linden and Fiel van der Veen.

Awards

*1972

for the novel ''How to Become King'' *1973

for the novel '' Winter in Wartime'' *1990 Prize of the Netherlands Children's Jury for the novel ''The Figure-skater'' *2000 Prize of the Dutch Joung Jury for ''Eigen rechter'' (1988)

Decorations

References

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