Biography Hans Wiegel is a time machine of political history | Inland

Hans Wiegel’s recently published biography is full of juicy anecdotes.

Ⓒ Rene Bouwman

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Amsterdam – Former Prime Minister Dries van Agt would receive him on Thursday, were it not that the tightened corona rules threw a spanner in the works: the biography of Hans Wiegel. In a lengthy description of the life of the VVD honorary member, journalist Pieter Sijpersma takes the reader on a journey full of highs, but also low points. It became a story about how Wiegel managed to turn the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy into a real people’s party, why his return to The Hague was always above the market, but also about how tragedies left their mark on his life.

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