What is Louis Beel?
[[File:Beel, L.J.M. - SFA008007058.jpg|thumb|Louis Beel]] '''Louis Joseph Maria Beel''' (April 12, [[1902]] in [[Roermond]] - February 11, [[1977]] in [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]]) was a Dutch politician. He was a member of the [[Roman-Catholic State Party]] (RKSP) and later on of its post-war successor the [[Catholic People's Party]] (KVP) (a predecessor of the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] (CDA)). Beel was prime minister from 1946 to 1948, and again from 1958 to 1959. He was also a government minister and a deputy prime minister. Both in 1946 and in 1948 he was a member of the [[Second Chamber (Netherlands)|Second Chamber]] for a short time. He studied law at the [[Radboud University Nijmegen]], and was also a professor in [[administrative law]] and [[public administration theory]] at the same university. Beel was a [[Roman Catholic]]. He died in 1977, aged 74. == References == * {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.parlement.com/9353000/1/j9vvhy5i95k8zxl/vg09lkxtgnws Bio at Parlement.com] {{Commonscat}} {{Dutch prime ministers}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beel, Louis}} [[Category:1902 births]] [[Category:1977 deaths]] [[Category:Catholic People's Party politicians]] [[Category:Dutch academics]] [[Category:Dutch civil servants]] [[Category:Dutch jurists]] [[Category:Dutch Roman Catholics]] [[Category:Deputy Prime Ministers of the Netherlands]] [[Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands]] [[Category:Government ministers of the Netherlands]] [[Category:Politicians from Limburg (Netherlands)]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of the Netherlands]]