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His Excellency Pieter Cort van der Linden


Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 29 August 1913 – 9 September 1918
Monarch	Wilhelmina
Preceded by	Theo Heemskerk
Succeeded by	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
Minister of the Interior
In office 29 August 1913 – 9 September 1918
Prime Minister	Pieter Cort van der Linden
Preceded by	Theo Heemskerk
Succeeded by	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 29 August 1913 – 27 September 1913 Ad interim
Prime Minister	Pieter Cort van der Linden
Preceded by	René de Marees van Swinderen
Succeeded by	John Loudon
Member of the Council of State
In office 8 October 1918 – 1 January 1935
In office 4 November 1902 – 29 August 1913
Vice President	See list Johan Schorer (1902–1903) Petrus van Swinderen (1903–1911) Joan Röell (1912–1913) Wilhelmus van Leeuwen (1918–1928) Alex van Lynden van Sandenburg (1928–1932) Frans Beelaerts van Blokland (1933–1935)
Minister of Justice
In office 27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901
Prime Minister	Nicolaas Pierson
Preceded by	Willem van der Kaay
Succeeded by	Jan Loeff

Personal details
Born	Pieter Wilhelm Adrianus Cort van der Linden (1846-05-14)14 May 1846 The Hague, Netherlands
Died	15 July 1935(1935-07-15) (aged 89) The Hague, Netherlands
Political party	Independent Liberal
Spouses	Joanna Wittewaall (m. 1873; died 1874) Johanna de Koning (m. 1880)
Children	4 sons
Alma mater	Leiden University (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, Doctor of Philosophy)

Pieter Wilhelm Adrianus Cort van der Linden (14 May 1846 – 15 July 1935) was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from August 1913 to September 1918.

Biography

He was the last prime minister to lead a liberal cabinet and the last liberal to be Prime Minister until Mark Rutte in 2010 (92 years later). One of Cort van der Linden's major achievements was maintaining Dutch neutrality during World War I although personally, he was pro-German.

He also introduced universal suffrage in the Netherlands in what is now known as the Pacification of 1917. That made the Social Democratic Workers' Party and the General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses win the 1918 elections. The Catholic Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck took Cort van der Linden's place as Prime Minister.

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Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	1 August 1901
	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	28 January 1915
Honorific Titles
Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
	Minister of State	Netherlands	28 January 1915	Style of Excellency

Political offices Preceded byWillem van der Kaay Minister of Justice 1897–1901 Succeeded byJan Loeff Preceded byRené de Marees van Swinderen Minister of Foreign Affairs Ad interim 1913 Succeeded byJohn Loudon Preceded byTheo Heemskerk Minister of the Interior 1913–1918 Succeeded byCharles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1913–1918

v t e Prime ministers of the Netherlands
Schimmelpenninck De Kempenaer Thorbecke Van Hall Van der Brugghen Rochussen Van Hall Ja. Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Heemstra Thorbecke Fransen van de Putte Ju. Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Bosse Thorbecke De Vries J. Heemskerk Kappeyne van de Coppello Van Lynden van Sandenburg J. Heemskerk Mackay Van Tienhoven Roëll Pierson Kuyper De Meester T. Heemskerk Cort van der Linden Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Colijn De Geer Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Colijn De Geer Gerbrandy Schermerhorn Beel Drees Beel De Quay Marijnen Cals Zijlstra De Jong Biesheuvel Den Uyl Van Agt Lubbers Kok Balkenende Rutte
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v t e Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Gogel Van Stralen Mollerus Van Leyden van Westbarendrecht Twent van Raaphorst Van der Capellen Van Stralen Röell De Coninck Van Gobbelschroy De la Coste Van Doorn van Westcapelle De Kock Schimmelpenninck van der Oye Van der Heim van Duivendijke Vollenhoven Van Randwijck Van der Heim van Duivendijke Luzac De Kempenaer Thorbecke Van Reenen Simons Van Rappard Van Tets van Goudriaan Van Heemstra Thorbecke J. Geertsema J. Heemskerk Fock Thorbecke Van Bosse J. Geertsema J. Heemskerk Kappeyne van de Coppello Six Pijnacker Hordijk J. Heemskerk Mackay De Savornin Lohman Tak van Poortvliet Van Houten Goeman Borgesius Kuyper Rink T. Heemskerk Cort van der Linden De Beerenbrouck De Geer Kan De Beerenbrouck De Wilde Boeijen Burger Van Boeijen Beel Witteman Van Maarseveen Van Schaik Teulings Van Maarseveen Teulings Beel Van Oven Suurhoff Struycken Toxopeus Smallenbroek Samkalden Verdam Beernink M. Geertsema De Gaay Fortman Wiegel Van Thijn Rood Rietkerk Korthals Altes De Korte Van Dijk De Koning Van Dijk Dales Hirsch Ballin Van Thijn De Graaff-Nauta Dijkstal Peper Van Boxtel De Vries Remkes Ter Horst Hirsch Ballin Donner Spies Plasterk Blok Plasterk Ollongren Knops Ollongren Bruins Slot De Jonge

v t e Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Buys Gogel Van der Goes van Dirxland Röell Mollerus Van der Heim Van Hogendorp Van Nagell Reinhold Van Reede De Coninck Verstolk van Soelen H. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Huyssen van Kettendijke Schimmelpenninck van der Oye De la Sarraz Van Randwijck Schimmelpenninck Bentinck van Nijenhuis Lightenvelt Van Sonsbeeck Ja. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Hall Gevers van Endegeest Van Goltstein Van Hall Ju. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van der Goes van Dirxland Ja. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Strens Stratenus Van der Maesen de Sombreff Huyssen van Kattendijke Cremers Ju. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Mulken Roest van Limburg Van Mulken Gericke van Herwijnen Van der Does de Willebois Van Heeckeren van Kell Van Lynden van Sandenburg Rochussen Van der Does de Willebois Du Tour van Bellinchave Van Karnebeek Hartsen Van Tienhoven Jansen Röell De Beaufort Van Lynden Ellis Van Weede van Berencamp Ellis Van Tets van Goudriaan De Marees van Swinderen Cort van der Linden Loudon Van Karnebeek Beelaerts van Blokland De Graeff Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Colijn Patijn Van Kleffens Van Roijen Van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout Stikker Beyen Luns Schmelzer Van der Stoel Van der Klaauw Van der Stoel Van Agt Van den Broek Kooijmans Van Mierlo Van Aartsen De Hoop Scheffer Bot Verhagen Rosenthal Timmermans Koenders Zijlstra Kaag Blok Kaag De Bruijn Knapen Hoekstra Schreinemacher Slot

v t e Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands
Ministry of Justice and Security
Tadama Reuvens Van Hooff Van der Goes van Dirxland Cambier Appelius Van Hugenpoth tot Aerdt Van Maanen Van Pallandt van Keppel Van Maanen Van Hall De Jonge van Campensnieuwland Donker Curtius Wichers Lightenvelt Nedermeyer van Rosenthal Strens Donker Curtius Van der Brugghen Boot Godefroi Olivier Pické Borret J. Heemskerk Wintgens Van Lilaar Jolles De Vries Van Lynden van Sandenburg Smidt Modderman Du Tour van Bellinchave Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Smidt Van der Kaay Cort van der Linden Loeff Van Raalte Nelissen T. Heemskerk Regout T. Heemskerk Ort T. Heemskerk Schokking J. Donner Van Schaik Goseling De Visser Gerbrandy Van Angeren Van Heuven Goedhart Gerbrandy Kolfschoten Van Maarseveen Wijers Van Maarseveen Struycken Mulderije Donker Beel Van Oven Samkalden Struycken Beerman Scholten Samkalden Struycken Polak Van Agt De Gaay Fortman De Ruiter Korthals Altes Hirsch Ballin Kosto Sorgdrager Korthals P. H. Donner Verdonk Hirsch Ballin Opstelten Blok Van der Steur Blok Grapperhaus Yeşilgöz-Zegerius

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