Dirk "Dick" Dolman (2 July 1935 – 23 January 2019) was a Dutch politician. In 1970, he became a member of the

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as a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). From 17 July 1979 to 14 September 1989 he was the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Biography

Dolman was born in Empe,

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. In 1951, he was invited to attend Camp Rising Sun, a tuition-free international camp in

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. He joined the Labour Party in 1954.Biography of Dick Dolman
Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved 13 March 2011 He worked at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health from 1963 to 1966. and at the ministry of Economic Affairs from 1966 until the middle of 1970, when he became a member of the House of Representatives, where his initial work was with health issues. In 1973, he became the finance spokesman for his faction. In 1979, he became the Speaker of the House of Representatives, succeeding Anne Vondeling. Dolman took an independent approach, which garnered him great authority from all the parties. Although the PvdA was not the largest party in the 1981 and 1986 elections, he was nevertheless re-elected as president. In 1989, he was defeated 75 to 68 by the emergence of

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. On 1 July 1990, less than a year later, Dolman left the House of Representatives to become a member of the

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Trivia

* In 1981, Dolman asked cabinet member Til Gardeniers in writing, if the "original was true, that the minister wanted to distribute fines" following possible surreptitious advertising made by the television comedy duo, Van Kooten en De Bie in their alter egos, Jacobse and Van Es. Dolman signed his question with their fictional

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. * There was an interview with Dolman in the first issue of

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in 1983.

References

Dr. D. (Dick) Dolman
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