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Nicolaas Pierson Prime minister

Nicolaas Gerard Pierson (7 February 1839, in Amsterdam – 24 December 1909, in Heemstede) was a Dutch Liberal financial and economic expert, politician, and statesman, chairman of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) of the Netherlands from 1897 until 1901.Pierson was a professor economics and statistics at the University of Amsterdam and director and presiding director (president-directeur) of the De Nederlandsche Bank, the Dutch national bank. He was minister of Finance in the Cabinet Van Tienhoven. During his term of office he introduced an important tax revision. After serving as chairman of the Council of Ministers for four years he took a seat in the House of Representatives for the constituency of Gorinchem from 1905 to 1909. Pierson received an honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge.

Personal facts

Birth date	February 07, 1839
Birth name	Nicolaas Gerard Pierson
Birth place	Amsterdam , Netherlands
Religion	Dutch Reformed Church
Date of death	December 24, 1909
Place of death	Netherlands , Heemstede
Education	Leiden University University of Cambridge

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