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Willem Witteveen (Willem Johannes Witteveen) was born on 5 May, 1952 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, is a Dutch politician (1952–2014). Discover Willem Witteveen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?
| Popular As |
Willem Johannes Witteveen |
| Occupation |
Politician, professor, author |
| Age |
62 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
| Born |
5 May, 1952 |
| Birthday |
5 May |
| Birthplace |
Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Date of death |
17 July, 2014 |
| Died Place |
Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, near Hrabove, Ukraine |
| Nationality |
Netherlands
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He is a member of famous Politician with the age 62 years old group.
Willem Witteveen Height, Weight & Measurements
At 62 years old, Willem Witteveen height not available right now. We will update Willem Witteveen's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
| Physical Status |
| Height |
Not Available |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Who Is Willem Witteveen's Wife?
His wife is Lidwien Heerkens (m. 1978-2014)
| Family |
| Parents |
*Johan Witteveen
*Liesbeth de Vries Feijens |
| Wife |
Lidwien Heerkens (m. 1978-2014) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Marit (d. 2014)
Freek |
Willem Witteveen Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Willem Witteveen worth at the age of 62 years old? Willem Witteveen’s income source is mostly from being a successful Politician. He is from Netherlands. We have estimated Willem Witteveen's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Politician |
Willem Witteveen Social Network
Timeline
Willem Johannes Witteveen (5 May 1952 – 17 July 2014) was a Dutch legal scholar, politician, and author.
Willem Johannes Witteveen was born on 5 May 1952 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
He was the son of liberal politician Johan Witteveen and Liesbeth de Vries Feijens.
He was also the great-grandson of social-democratic politician Floor Wibaut.
He had three brothers and a sister.
He went to a public primary Montessori school in Rotterdam and to the public secondary school Rijnlands Lyceum (1964–1970) in Wassenaar.
He studied Dutch law at Leiden University (1970–1978) in Leiden.
In 1978, he married Lidwien Heerkens; the couple had two children, a daughter Marit and a son Freek.
The family lived in Breda in North Brabant.
Witteveen wrote several non-fiction books about law and politics:
From 1979 to 1989, he worked as researcher of constitutional law at Leiden University.
In 1988, he received his PhD cum laude with the dissertation De retoriek in het recht (The rhetorics of law).
He was a law professor at Tilburg University (1990–2014) and a Member of the Senate for the Labour Party (1999–2007; 2013–2014).
He was also the author of several books about law and politics.
From 1990 to his death, he was a law professor at Tilburg University.
His fields of expertise were trias politica, legislation, rhetoric, legal theory, and political theory.
Witteveen was a member of the Labour Party since 1994.
He was chairman of the party platform committee of the Labour Party in 1998–99.
He was a member of the Senate from 1999 to 2007, where he was chairman of the committee for Internal Affairs and the High Councils of State.
In the 2007 and 2011 Senate elections, he was at an unelectable position on the candidate list.
From 2007 to his death, he was founding dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Tilburg University.
From 2013 to his death, he was again a senator.
He was appointed after Pauline Meurs left the Senate.
Witteveen had finished the manuscript of his book De wet als kunstwerk (The law as work of art) shortly before his death.
Witteveen was killed on 17 July 2014 when the flight he was travelling on, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, was shot down over eastern Ukraine by pro Russian rebels.
The book was posthumously released in November 2014.
Witteveen was killed on 17 July 2014 at the age of 62, along with his wife Lidwien Heerkens and their daughter Marit Witteveen.
They were passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 from Schiphol in the Netherlands to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, when the airplane was shot down near Hrabove in Ukraine's contested eastern Donetsk region.
Like his father, Witteveen was a Universal Sufist.
