BIESHEUVEL, BAREND WILLEM

(1920–2001)

   Politician. Hav ing studied law at the Free (Calvinist) University in Amsterdam, Biesheuvel served on the board of the Dutch Christian Federation of Farmers as secretary and later as president. In 1956, he was elected to Parliament for the orthodox Protestant Antirevolutionaire Par tij (ARP). Biesheuvel was prime minister from 1971 to 1973. He then retired from active politics, but has served several times as an expert advisor on committees (e.g., for privacy legislation).