Pieter Rink


Pieter Rink , was a Dutch politician.
Pieter Rink was a successful lawyer in Tiel. He was a member of the Liberal Union ' and served in the city council of his city of birth and was a member of the States-Provincial of Gelderland. In 1891 he was elected in the House of Representatives and remained a member till 1922. From July 1918 till April 1921 he was the president of the parliamentary group of the Liberal Union and from April 1921 till July 1922 he served as the first president of the Freedom League parliamentary party. In 1923 he was elected to the Senate, remaining a member till 1933. In the years prior to the introduction of universal suffrage he was an ardent advocate of suffrage extension and was considered a "Takkiaan". This fact was underlined in the party brochure he co-authored, Het kiesrechtvraagstuk which was published in 1903 and called for the introduction of universal suffrage, female suffrage and a reform of the electoral system.
Pieter Rinck joined the de Meester cabinet in 1905 as Minister of the Interior. This cabinet was very weak and incapable of introducing important reforms and it resigned in December 1907.
After the merger of the Liberal Union and the League of Free Liberals ' in 1921 he joined the new conservative liberal party Freedom League .
Pieter Rink, who belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church, died on 6 August 1941 in The Hague.

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