Dick Dees

{{Short description|Dutch politician (born 1944)}}

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|name = Dick Dees

|image = Dick Dees 1988 (1).jpg

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|caption = Dees in 1988

|office = Member of the Senate

|term_start = 13 June 1995

|term_end = 12 June 2007

|office1 = President of the Benelux
Interparliamentary Consultative Council

|term_start1 = 1 January 1993

|term_end1 = 1 January 1994

|predecessor1 = Jean Bock

|successor1 = Ady Jung

|office2 = State Secretary for Welfare,
Health and Culture

|term_start2 = 14 July 1986

|term_end2 = 7 November 1989

|primeminister2 = Ruud Lubbers

|predecessor2 = Joop van der Reijden

|successor2 = Hans Simons

|office3 = Member of the House of Representatives

|term_start3 = 14 September 1989

|term_end3 = 13 June 1995

|term_start4 = 7 December 1972

|term_end4 = 14 July 1986

|birthname = Dirk Jan Dignus Dees

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1944|12|13}}

|birth_place = Oostburg, Netherlands

|death_date =

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|nationality = Dutch

|party = People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
(since 1967)

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|residence = Breda, Netherlands

|alma_mater = Utrecht University
(Bachelor of Pharmacy, Master of Pharmacy)

|occupation = Politician · Civil servant · Pharmacist · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Author

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Dirk Jan Dignus "Dick" Dees (born 13 December 1944) is a retired Dutch politician. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he served as State Secretary for Welfare, Health and Culture from 1986 to 1989.{{cite book|last=Okma|first=Kieke G. H.|title=Six countries, six reform models: the healthcare reform : experience of Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan : healthcare reforms "under the radar screen"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NuE7fHE4xPcC&pg=PA58|accessdate=26 September 2011|year=2010|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=978-981-4261-58-6|pages=58–}}