Jaap Blokker
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File:Jaap Blokker.jpg Retail Jaarprijs Gala in Hilversum, November 2010]]
Jacob "Jaap" Blokker (5 February 1942 – 5 July 2011) was a Dutch businessman and executive.
Blokker was born in Amsterdam. From 1976 to 2010 he was general director of Blokker Holding, which operates a series of chain stores in various countries; the best-known in the Netherlands is Blokker.[http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/07/jaap_blokker_of_blokker_retail.php Jaap Blokker, of Blokker retail group, dies], DutchNews.nl, July 6, 2011 He was also an outspoken critic of the euro and the effects of immigration, and published his criticism in the Blokker Holding annual reports.
Death
Blokker died in Laren aged 69, of cancer.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/7867410/__Opvolgers_voor_zieke_Blokker-baas__.html Opvolgers voor zieke Blokker-baas] De Telegraaf, October 7, 2010{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20101007_041 Blokker-baas regelt opvolging] De Standaard, October 7, 2010
References
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External links
- {{in lang|nl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110709195947/http://inmemoriam.blokker.nl/nl/leven_en_werk In Memoriam Jaap Blokker]
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Category:Deaths from cancer in the Netherlands
Category:Dutch chief executives in the retail industry
Category:Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Category:Businesspeople from Amsterdam
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