Van Agt. Biografie

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Je was voor hem of je was tegen hem, maar onver-schillig liet hij je nooit. Dries van Agt, een exotisch verschijnsel in de Nederlandse politiek, krijgt eindelijk de biografie die hij verdient.

Dries van Agt werd in 1976 de eerste lijsttrekker van het CDA, boorde ‘ome Joop’ den Uyl (PvdA) een tweede kabinet door de neus en was daarna zelf vijf jaar lang premier.

Van Agt bracht zijn jeugd door onder de katholieke zon in Brabant en Nijmegen. In de Kamer was hij ko...

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