Piet Dankert

His Excellency Piet Dankert
President of the European Parliament
In office 1982–1984
Preceded by	Simone Veil
Succeeded by	Pierre Pflimlin
Personal details
Born	8 January 1934 Netherlands
Died	21 June 2003 (2003-06-22) (aged 69)
Political party	PvdA, PES

Piet Dankert (8 January 1934 in Stiens – 21 June 2003 in Perpignan) was a Dutch politician, a member of the Dutch Labour Party, and the President of the European Parliament between 1982 and 1984.

Dankert was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1968. There he was spokesman for foreign affairs and defence. In the late 1970s he moved to the European Parliament, and was President of the European Parliament from 19 January 1982 to 24 July 1984.^[1]

In the third government of Ruud Lubbers (1989–1994) he was Secretary of State for European matters. He subsequently served a second period in the European Parliament, where he devoted himself to working for the accession of Turkey to the European Union.

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