Ruud Lubbers
Ruud F. M. Lubbers is a Dutch diplomat and former Dutch Prime-Minister from 1982 to 1994 making him the longest PM in Dutch history. After merging the polarized evangelical Dutch political parties he was elected leader of the leading CDA party after Dries van Agt was removed in the 1981 Dutch Cabinet Crisis. Named as a Dutch equivalent of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan Lubbers is an iconic landmark and start for a lot of Dutch policies including neoliberalism.
Activities
Ruud Lubbers spoke on Do We Have The Institutions To Deal With The Agenda? at the 1991 Bilderberg.[1]
Nuclear Weapons
The Dutch government accepted a request from the NATO and Germany to place 22 B28 nuclear bombs at Volkel Air Base[2]. These bombs and an US Air Force squadron was placed there with the task to fly to Cuba if the Cuban Missile Crisis would get out of hand. the Dutch would not acknowledge this until 2013, when lubbers revealed it himself[3]. NATO did not acknowledge this not until 2019[4].
Event Planned
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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1981 Dutch Cabinet crisis | 1981 | 1982 | The Hague Netherlands | PM Dries van Agt was set-up (after a decade-long power struggle) to work with a lot of deep politicians, spooks, Israel's liaison Joop den Uyl, the Dutch Operation Gladio boss, a corrupt royal family and NATO. He never had a chance. |
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/1983 | 13 May 1983 | 15 May 1983 | Canada Quebec Château Montebello | The 31st Bilderberg, held in Canada |
Bilderberg/1991 | 6 June 1991 | 9 June 1991 | Germany Baden-Baden Steigenberger Hotel Badischer Hof | The 39th Bilderberg, 114 guests |
Bilderberg/1992 | 21 May 1992 | 24 May 1992 | France Royal Club Evian Evian-les-Bains | The 40th Bilderberg. It had 121 participants. |
Bilderberg/1994 | 2 June 1994 | 5 June 1994 | Finland Helsinki | The 42nd Bilderberg, in Helsinki. |