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 ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...
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
A King's commissioner (, ''CvdK'') is the head of government and legislature in a province of the Netherlands. When the reigning monarch is a woman, the title is Queen's commissioner (''Commissaris van de Koningin'').
A commissioner is appointed ...
of
Drenthe
Drenthe () is a 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 to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Jan ...
, he served for thirteen years until his death on 29 September 2008 from
lung cancer
Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in the airways, often caused by cigarette smoking or inhaling damaging chemicals. Damaged ...
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 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
Politicians from Assen
People from Coevorden
20th-century Dutch politicians
21st-century Dutch politicians