What is Dirk Stikker?
{{Infobox Politician | name = Dirk Stikker | image = Stikker, Dirk - SFA002019718.jpg | caption = Dirk Stikker in 1964 | office = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] | term_start = 7 August 1948 | term_end = 2 September 1952 | predecessor = [[Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout]] | successor = [[Jan Willem Beyen]] | constituency = | majority = | office2 = 3rd [[Secretary General of NATO|Secretary General of the NATO]] | term_start2 = 21 April 1961 | term_end2 = 1 August 1964 | predecessor2 = [[Paul-Henri Spaak]] | successor2 = [[Manlio Brosio]] | constituency2 = | majority2 = | office3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | constituency3 = | majority3 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1897|2|5|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Winschoten]], Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|1979|12|23|1897|2|5|df=y}} | death_place = [[Wassenaar]], Netherlands | party = [[Freedom Party (Netherlands)|Freedom Party]] (PvdV), [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD)}} '''Dirk Uipko Stikker''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GBEh|GCVOh}} (5 February 1897 &ndash; 23 December 1979) was a Dutch [[banker]], [[industrialist]], [[politician]], and [[diplomat]]. 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 [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)|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. ==Other websites== * [http://nato.int/cps/en/natohq/declassified_137965.htm NATO Declassified - Dirk Stikker (biography)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130515003211/http://www.sportgesc