Jacob "Jaap" Blokker (5 February 1942 – 5 July 2011) was a Dutch businessman and executive. Blokker was born in

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. From 1976 to 2010 he was general director of

Blokker Holding Mirage Retail Group (formerly Blokker Holding) is a Dutch company that owns several chains of stores.

, which operates a series of

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in various countries; the best-known in the Netherlands is Blokker.Jaap Blokker, of Blokker retail group, dies
'' DutchNews.nl'', July 6, 2011 He was also an outspoken critic of the

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and the effects of

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, and published his criticism in the Blokker Holding annual reports.

Death

Blokker died in Laren aged 69, of cancer.Blokker-baas regelt opvolging
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'', October 7, 2010

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In Memoriam Jaap Blokker
1942 births 2011 deaths Deaths from cancer in the Netherlands Dutch chief executives in the retail industry Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Businesspeople from Amsterdam {{netherlands-business-bio-stub