Maarten de Niet Gerritzoon (Bodegraven

Bodegraven

Bodegraven is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality covers an area of 38.50 km² of which 1.02 km² is water....

, 16 March 1904 – The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

, 25 July 1979) was Dutch politician.

He was a member of the PvdA and was considered to be very progressive. Initially he was mayor of Wageningen

Wageningen

' is a municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specializes in life sciences. The city has 37,414 inhabitants , of which many thousands are students...

. He was president of the Senate from 1969 from 1973. He was preceded by Jannes Pieter Mazure

Jannes Pieter Mazure

Jannes Pieter Mazure was a Dutch politician.He was a member of the PvdA and was considered to be very outspoken about his beliefs. He was president of the Senate from 1966 to 1969. He was preceded by Jan Anne Jonkman and was succeeded by his party colleague Maarten de Niet Gerritzoon.-References:...

 and was succeeded by Theo Thurlings

Theo Thurlings

Theodorus Lambertus Mathis Thurlings Theodorus Lambertus Mathis (Theo) Thurlings Theodorus Lambertus Mathis (Theo) Thurlings (Tegelen, 24 December 1916 – Wageningen, 10 September 1997 was a Dutch economist and politician....

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During the Second World War, he was a prisoner in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp.