Klaas de Vries (Christian Democratic Appeal)

In this Dutch name, the surname is de Vries, not Vries.

Klaas de Vries
Member of the Senate
In office 24 September 1974 – 23 June 1987
Member of the Senate
In office 25 May 1971 – 17 September 1974
Member of the Senate
In office 10 December 1968 – 10 May 1971
Personal details
Born	Klaas de Vries (1917-11-11)11 November 1917 Bolsward, Netherlands
Died	21 August 1999(1999-08-21) (aged 81) Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Historical Union(1952–1980) Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Alma mater	University of Groningen (PhD)
Occupation	Politician Civil servant Teacher
Military service
Allegiance	The Netherlands
Branch/service	Royal Netherlands Army
Years of service	1945–1948
Battles/wars	Dutch East Indies

Klaas de Vries (11 November 1917 – 21 August 1999) was a Dutch politician. He was a member of the Senate from 1968 to 1987, first for the Christian Historical Union (CHU) and later for the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

De Vries was born in 1917 in the Frisian town of Bolsward, the son of a teacher. During World War II, he was active in the Dutch resistance. From 1942 to 1945, he was in hiding.

He graduated cum laude in Dutch law from the University of Groningen in 1952. In 1955, he received his doctorate in law from the same university, again cum laude.

In 1968, he entered the Upper House on behalf of the CHU. For the CHU, he was mainly active in the fields of culture, defence and education. From 1980 to 1987, he was a member of the Upper House on behalf of the CDA, which had been formed in 1980 from the CHU, among others.

De Vries was married to Ine Cnossen and had two daughters and a son.

External links

• (in Dutch) Parliamentary Biography