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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_group" title="Parliamentary group">Parliamentary group</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Alliance_of_Socialists_and_Democrats" title="Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats">Socialist Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Netherlands (European Parliament constituency)">Netherlands</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Netherlands)" title="House of Representatives (Netherlands)">Member of the House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 November 1956 – 11 May 1973</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_group" title="Parliamentary group">Parliamentary group</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Netherlands)" title="Labour Party (Netherlands)">Labour Party</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Hendrikus Vredeling</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1924-11-20</span>)</span>20 November 1924<br /><a href="/wiki/Amersfoort" title="Amersfoort">Amersfoort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">27 October 2007<span style="display:none">(2007-10-27)</span> (aged 82)<br /><a href="/wiki/Huis_ter_Heide,_Utrecht" title="Huis ter Heide, Utrecht">Huis ter Heide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Netherlands)" title="Labour Party (Netherlands)">Labour Party</a> <small>(from 1947)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Jola Schouten</div> <div style="display:inline-block;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="15 May 1948">1948</span>)<wbr />​</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wageningen_University_and_Research" class="mw-redirect" title="Wageningen University and Research">Wageningen University</a> <br /> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science_in_Agriculture" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of Science in Agriculture">Bachelor of Science in Agriculture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Science_in_Engineering" title="Master of Science in Engineering">Master of Science in Engineering</a>)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">Politician</a> · <a href="/wiki/Agronomy" title="Agronomy">Agronomist</a> · <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">Trade Union Leader</a> · <a href="/wiki/Board_of_directors" title="Board of directors">Nonprofit director</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hendrikus "Henk" Vredeling</b> (20 November 1924 – 27 October 2007) was a Dutch politician of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Netherlands)" title="Labour Party (Netherlands)">Labour Party</a> (PvdA).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decorations">Decorations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henk_Vredeling&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:60%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ccf; text-align:center;"> <td colspan="5"><b>Honours</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:80px;">Ribbon bar</th> <th>Honour</th> <th>Country</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Comment </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_Netherlands_Lion_(Knight)_-_Ribbon_bar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Order_of_the_Netherlands_Lion_%28Knight%29_-_Ribbon_bar.svg/80px-Order_of_the_Netherlands_Lion_%28Knight%29_-_Ribbon_bar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="22" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/w/index.php?title=Wessel_Hartog&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wessel Hartog (page does not exist)">Wessel Hartog</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Den_Uyl_cabinet_(1973–1977)374" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Den_Uyl_cabinet" title="Template:Den Uyl 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href="/wiki/Gaius_de_Gaay_Fortman" title="Gaius de Gaay Fortman">Gaius de Gaay Fortman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_and_Security" title="Ministry of Justice and Security">Justice</a>) <small>(from 1977)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minister_(government)" title="Minister (government)">Ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaius_de_Gaay_Fortman" title="Gaius de Gaay Fortman">Gaius de Gaay Fortman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Interior_and_Kingdom_Relations" title="Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations">Interior</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Interior_and_Kingdom_Relations" title="Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations">Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_van_der_Stoel" title="Max van der Stoel">Max van der Stoel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)">Foreign Affairs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wim_Duisenberg" title="Wim Duisenberg">Wim Duisenberg</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)">Finance</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruud_Lubbers" title="Ruud Lubbers">Ruud Lubbers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Economic_Affairs_and_Climate_Policy_(Netherlands)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Netherlands)">Economic Affairs</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Henk Vredeling</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)">Defence</a>) <small>(1973–1977)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bram_Stemerdink" title="Bram Stemerdink">Bram Stemerdink</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)">Defence</a>) <small>(from 1977)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Vorrink" title="Irene Vorrink">Irene Vorrink</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health,_Welfare_and_Sport" title="Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport">Health and the Environment</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaap_Boersma" title="Jaap Boersma">Jaap Boersma</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Social_Affairs_and_Employment" title="Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment">Social Affairs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos_van_Kemenade" title="Jos van Kemenade">Jos van Kemenade</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education,_Culture_and_Science_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands)">Education and Sciences</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tjerk_Westerterp" title="Tjerk Westerterp">Tjerk Westerterp</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Transport_and_Water_Management_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Transport and Water Management (Netherlands)">Transport and Water Management</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiemen_Brouwer" title="Tiemen Brouwer">Tiemen Brouwer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture,_Nature_and_Food_Quality" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality">Agriculture and Fisheries</a>) <small>(1973)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fons_van_der_Stee" title="Fons van der Stee">Fons van der Stee</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture,_Nature_and_Food_Quality" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality">Agriculture and Fisheries</a>) <small>(from 1973)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Gruijters" title="Hans Gruijters">Hans Gruijters</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing,_Spatial_Planning_and_the_Environment_(Netherlands)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (Netherlands)">Housing and Spatial Planning</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_van_Doorn" title="Harry van Doorn">Harry van Doorn</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education,_Culture_and_Science_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands)">Culture, Recreation and Social Work</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minister_without_portfolio" title="Minister without portfolio">Ministers without portfolio</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Pronk" title="Jan Pronk">Jan Pronk</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Foreign_Trade_and_Development_Cooperation_(Netherlands)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (Netherlands)">Development Cooperation</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boy_Trip" title="Boy Trip">Boy Trip</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Ministers_of_Education_of_the_Netherlands#List_of_Ministers_without_Portfolio" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ministers of Education of the Netherlands">Science Policy</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/State_Secretary_(Netherlands)" class="mw-redirect" title="State Secretary (Netherlands)">State Secretaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wim_Polak" title="Wim Polak">Wim Polak</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Interior_and_Kingdom_Relations" title="Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations">Interior</a>) <small>(1973–1977)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurens_Jan_Brinkhorst" title="Laurens Jan Brinkhorst">Laurens Jan Brinkhorst</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)">Foreign Affairs</a>) <small>(1973–1977)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pieter_Kooijmans" title="Pieter Kooijmans">Pieter Kooijmans</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)">Foreign Affairs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fons_van_der_Stee" title="Fons van der Stee">Fons van der Stee</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)">Finance</a>) <small>(1973)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_van_Rooijen" title="Martin van Rooijen">Martin van Rooijen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)">Finance</a>) <small>(1973–1977)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aar_de_Goede" title="Aar de Goede">Aar de Goede</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)">Finance</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Glastra_van_Loon" title="Jan Glastra van Loon">Jan Glastra van Loon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_and_Security" title="Ministry of Justice and Security">Justice</a>) <small>(1973–1975)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henk_Zeevalking" title="Henk Zeevalking">Henk Zeevalking</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_and_Security" title="Ministry of Justice and Security">Justice</a>) <small>(1975–1977)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_Hazekamp&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ted Hazekamp (page does not exist)">Ted Hazekamp</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Economic_Affairs_and_Climate_Policy_(Netherlands)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Netherlands)">Economic Affairs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joep_Mommersteeg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joep Mommersteeg (page does not exist)">Joep Mommersteeg</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)">Defence</a>) <small>(1973–1974)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cees_van_Lent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cees van Lent (page does not exist)">Cees van Lent</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)">Defence</a>) <small>(from 1974)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bram_Stemerdink" title="Bram Stemerdink">Bram Stemerdink</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)">Defence</a>) <small>(1973–1977)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jo_Hendriks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jo Hendriks (page does not exist)">Jo Hendriks</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health,_Welfare_and_Sport" title="Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport">Health and the Environment</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Mertens_(Catholic_People%27s_Party)" title="Jan Mertens (Catholic People's Party)">Jan Mertens</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Social_Affairs_and_Employment" title="Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment">Social Affairs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ger_Klein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ger Klein (page does not exist)">Ger Klein</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education,_Culture_and_Science_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands)">Education and Sciences</a>) <small>(1973–1977)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antoon_Veerman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antoon Veerman (page does not exist)">Antoon Veerman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education,_Culture_and_Science_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands)">Education and Sciences</a>) <small>(1973–1975)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Klaas_de_Jong&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Klaas de Jong (page does not exist)">Klaas de Jong</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education,_Culture_and_Science_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands)">Education and Sciences</a>) <small>(from 1975)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_van_Hulten" title="Michel van Hulten">Michel van Hulten</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Transport_and_Water_Management_(Netherlands)" title="Ministry of Transport and Water Management (Netherlands)">Transport and Water Management</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Schaefer" title="Jan Schaefer">Jan Schaefer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing,_Spatial_Planning_and_the_Environment_(Netherlands)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (Netherlands)">Housing and Spatial Planning</a>) <small>(1973–1977)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcel_van_Dam" title="Marcel van Dam">Marcel van Dam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing,_Spatial_Planning_and_the_Environment_(Netherlands)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (Netherlands)">Housing and Spatial Planning</a>) <small>(1973–1977)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wim_Meijer_(Labour_Party)" title="Wim Meijer (Labour Party)">Wim Meijer</a> (<a 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