Lobularia Maritima

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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 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, he served for thirteen years until his death on 29 September 2008 from lung cancer at the age of 64.[1][2][3]

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Netherlands 29 April 1983
Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands 8 October 1994

References

  1. ^ (in Dutch) Relus ter Beek (1944 - 2008): Een bourgondiër met een links hart Het Parool
  2. ^ (in Dutch) Relus ter Beek (64) overleden NU.nl
  3. ^ (in Dutch) Relus ter Beek overleden NOS [dead link]
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Defence
1989–1994 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Queen's Commissioner of Drenthe
1993–1994 		Succeeded by
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