Pieter Cort van der Linden

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Pieter Cort van der Linden
Pieter Cort van der Linden

In office
29 August 1913 – 9 September 1918
Preceded by Theo Heemskerk
Succeeded by Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
Constituency none (not a member of Parliament)

Born 14 May 1846(1846-05-14)
The Hague, Netherlands
Died 15 July 1935 (aged 89)
The Hague, Netherlands
Political party Liberal
Spouse (1) Joanna Diderica Wttewaal van Wickenburg (†1874)
(2) Johanna Cornelia de Koning
Religion Remonstrant (Arminian)

Pieter Wilhelm Adriaan Cort van der Linden (14 May 184615 July 1935) was a Dutch political figure. He served as prime minister of the Netherlands between 1913 and 1918.

He was the last prime minister to lead a pure liberal cabinet. However, the cabinet held only a minority in parliament and depended on the support of the social democrats.

One of his major achievements was keeping the Netherlands out of the First World War.

He also introduced universal suffrage in the Netherlands. Because of this, the social democrats and the Algemeene Bond van RK-kiesverenigingen, a Catholic party, won the 1918 elections. The Catholic Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck took Cort van der Linden's place as Prime minister.