Dirk Stikker

Dirk Stikker   ( politician,  diplomat,  banker)
Born	5 February 1897  Winschoten,  Netherlands
Died	23 December 1979 (Age 82)  Wassenaar,  Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Alma mater	University of Groningen.
Member of	Dutch Round Table
Party	Freedom Party (Netherlands), People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Dutch Bilderberg diplomat and banker, Secretary General of NATO  Secretary General of NATO In office April 21, 1961 - August 1, 1964 Deputy Guido Colonna di Paliano Preceded by Paul-Henri Spaak Succeeded by Manlio Brosio  Netherlands/Ambassador/UK In office 10 September 1952 - 15 June 1958  Netherlands/Minister/Foreign Affairs In office 7 August 1948 - 2 September 1952 Succeeded by Joseph Luns  Director In office 1935 - 1948 Employer Heineken

Dirk Stikker was a Dutch Bilderberger who was Secretary General of NATO from 1961-1964.

Connections

As is standard for NATO Secretaries General, Dirk Stikker attended the Bilderberg, although he is not known to have attended before becoming secretary general, the universal pattern since Robert R. Bowie presented a keynote on Should NATO be reorganized and if so how? to the 1966 Bilderberg.

Education

Born in Winschoten, he studied law at the University of Groningen.

Career

After his studies he began a career in the banking sector. Stikker worked as member of the management board for Heineken N.V. from 1 July 1935 until 1 August 1948 and as chairman of that board from 1940 until 1948. Following the end of World War II, Queen Wilhelmina ordered a Recall of Parliament and Stikker became a Member of the Senate taking the place of the deceased Samuel van den Bergh, on 20 November 1945. On 23 March 1946, the Liberal State Party was renamed as the Freedom Party. Stikker was one of the co-founders and became the Leader of the Freedom Party. In January 1948, the Freedom Party (PvdV) merged to form the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Stikker was one of the co-founders and became the first Chairman of the Party.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1964	20 March 1964	22 March 1964	US Virginia Williamsburg	A year after this meeting, the post of GATT/Director-General was set up, and given Eric Wyndham White, who attended the '64 meeting. Several subsequent holders have been Bilderberg insiders, only 2 are not known to have attended the group.

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