Aurelus Louis "Relus" ter Beek (18 January 1944 – 29 September 2008) was a Dutch politician of the
Labour Party (PvdA).
He served as a
Member of the House of Representatives from 11 May 1971 until 7 November 1989 when he became
Minister of Defence
A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...
serving from 7 November 1989 until 22 August 1994 in the
third Lubbers cabinet. He returned as a Member of the House of Representatives serving from 17 May 1994 until his resignation on 1 January 1995 to become the
Queen's Commissioner of
Drenthe
Drenthe () is a provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen (province), Groningen to the north, and the G ...
, he served for thirteen years until his death on 29 September 2008 from
lung cancer
Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from transformed, malign ...
at the age of 64.
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1944 births
2008 deaths
Commanders of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Deaths from lung cancer in the Netherlands
Dutch atheists
Dutch humanists
Dutch nonprofit directors
Dutch political activists
King's and Queen's Commissioners of Drenthe
Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians
Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands
People of the Bosnian War
University of Amsterdam alumni
People from Assen
People from Coevorden
20th-century Dutch politicians
21st-century Dutch politicians