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Piet de Jong

Petrus Jozef Sietze "Piet" de Jong (born April 3, 1915) is a Dutch politician, prime minister of the Netherlands from 1967 until 1971, as a member of the catholic KVP[?] party.

Born in Apeldoorn, De Jong was a naval officer before becoming involved in politics in 1963.

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