Born 1931
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, then Minister of Justice 1958 - 1968;
Professor of Penal Law, University of Nijmegen 1968 - present;
Minister of Justice 1971 -1977;
Deputy Prime Minister 1973 - 1977;
Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs 1977 -1982;
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1982 - 1984;
Queen's Commissioner in the Province of Noord-Brabant;
Member, Christian Democratic Appeal Party;
Representative of European Communities to Japan 1987 - 1989;
Representative of European Communities to United States 1989 - present.