Louis Beel

Louis Joseph Maria Beel (April 12, 1902 in Roermond - February 11, 1977 in Utrecht) was a Dutch politician.

He was a member of the Roman-Catholic State Party (RKSP) and later on of its post-war successor the Catholic People's Party (KVP) (a predecessor of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA)).

Beel was prime minister from 1946 to 1948, and again from 1958 to 1959. He was also a government minister and a deputy prime minister. Both in 1946 and in 1948 he was a member of the Second Chamber for a short time.

He studied law at the Radboud University Nijmegen, and was also a professor in administrative law and public administration theory at the same university.

Beel was a Roman Catholic. He died in 1977, aged 74.

 References 
  Bio at Parlement.com

Category:1902 births
Category:1977 deaths
Category:Catholic People's Party politicians
Category:Dutch academics
Category:Dutch civil servants
Category:Dutch jurists
Category:Dutch Roman Catholics
Category:Deputy Prime Ministers of the Netherlands
Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Category:Government ministers of the Netherlands
Category:Politicians from Limburg (Netherlands)
Category:Prime ministers of the Netherlands