monarch predecessor successor birth_place president party office primeminister birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
juliana willy de clercq raymond vouel wim duisenberg hans van den broek peter sutherland gijs van aardenne utrecht , netherlands jacques delors gaston thorn catholic appeal -lrb- 1980-present -rrb- people 's party -lrb- 1967-1980 -rrb- christian democratic european of finance commissioner for trade european commissioner for competition minister dries van agt 02 april 1929 6 january 1989 6 january 1981 19 december 1977 frans andriessen 1979.jpg frans andriessen
 6 january 1993 7 january 1985 22 february 1980 frans andriessen
frans andriessen

franciscus henricus johannes joseph -lrb- frans -rrb- andriessen -lrb- born 2 april 1929 in utrecht -rrb- is a senior dutch politician .
in 1967 he was first elected to the house of representatives for the katholieke volkspartij -lrb- kvp -rrb- .
from 1971 to 1977 he was leader of the kvp .
in 1977 , the kvp merged with two protestant parties to form the christen-democratisch appel -lrb- cda -rrb- .
for the cda , he served as minister of finance -lrb- 1977 -- 1980 -rrb- and european commissioner for competition -lrb- 1981-1985 -rrb- , agriculture -lrb- 1985-1989 -rrb- , and external relations and trade -lrb- 1989 -- 1993 -rrb- .
he is one of few politicians to serve three consecutive terms as an eu commissioner .
