politician and badminton player (1897-1979) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dirk Uipko Stikker, GBE, GCVO (5 February 1897 – 23 December 1979) was a Dutch banker, industrialist, politician, and diplomat.
Dirk Stikker | |
|---|---|
 Dirk Stikker in 1964 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 7 August 1948 – 2 September 1952 | |
| Preceded by | Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout |
| Succeeded by | Jan Willem Beyen |
| 3rd Secretary General of the NATO | |
| In office 21 April 1961 – 1 August 1964 | |
| Preceded by | Paul-Henri Spaak |
| Succeeded by | Manlio Brosio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 February 1897 Winschoten, Netherlands |
| Died | 23 December 1979 (aged 82) Wassenaar, Netherlands |
| Political party | Freedom Party (PvdV), People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) |
In 1945, he was among the organizers of the Stichting van de Arbeid (Dutch Labour Foundation), thus helping to lay the foundation of post-war collective bargaining in the Netherlands.
Stikker served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1948 to 1952 and as the third Secretary General of NATO from 1961 to 1964.
In 1964, Stikker was awarded an honorary doctorate by Brown University. He died in Wassenaar in 1979, aged 82.
This short article about a person or group of people can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
