Piet Engels
Honorific prefixHis Excellency
OfficeMinister of Culture,
Recreation and Social Work
Term start6 July 1971
Term end11 May 1973
Prime ministerBarend Biesheuvel
PredecessorMarga Klompé
SuccessorHarry van Doorn
Office 1Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
Term start 128 April 1971
Term end 111 May 1971
Predecessor 1Norbert Schmelzer
Successor 1Gerard Veringa
Parliamentary group 1Catholic People's Party
Office 2Member of the House of Representatives
Term start 25 June 1963
Term end 26 July 1971
Parliamentary group 2Catholic People's Party
Birth namePeter Joseph Engels
Birth date25 September 1923
Birth placeSchaesberg, Netherlands
Death date13 April 1994 (aged 70)
Death placeLeeuwarden, Netherlands
PartyChristian Democratic Appeal
(from 1980)
Other partyCatholic People's Party
(until 1980)
OccupationPolitician · Social worker · Nonprofit director

Peter Joseph "Piet" Engels (25 September 1923 – 13 April 1994) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

Career

Piet Engels opened the Lindenberg Nijmegen Culture House in 1972. Initially there were free academies a music school and a Public Library.[1]

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon barHonourCountryDate
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands LionNetherlands8 June 1973

References

  1. ^ Van Capelleveen, Ruud. "Lindenberg in Nijmegen". absolutefacts,nl. Absolute Figures. Retrieved 3 August 2020.