Piet Engels

{{Short description|Dutch politician (1923–1994)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix = His Excellency

|name = Piet Engels

|image = Piet Engels 1973 (1).jpg

|imagesize = 250px

|caption = Piet Engels in 1973

|office = Minister of Culture,
Recreation and Social Work

|term_start = 6 July 1971

|term_end = 11 May 1973

|primeminister = Barend Biesheuvel

|predecessor = Marga Klompé

|successor = Harry van Doorn

|office1 = Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives

|term_start1 = 28 April 1971

|term_end1 = 11 May 1971

|predecessor1 = Norbert Schmelzer

|successor1 = Gerard Veringa

|parliamentarygroup1= Catholic People's Party

|office2 = Member of the House of Representatives

|term_start2 = 5 June 1963

|term_end2 = 6 July 1971

|parliamentarygroup2= Catholic People's Party

|birthname = Peter Joseph Engels

|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1923|09|25}}

|birth_place = Schaesberg, Netherlands

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1994|04|13|1923|09|25}}

|death_place = Leeuwarden, Netherlands

|nationality = Dutch

|party = Christian Democratic Appeal
(from 1980)

|otherparty = Catholic People's Party
(until 1980)

|spouse =

|children =

|residence =

|alma_mater =

|occupation = Politician · Social worker · Nonprofit director

|signature =

}}

Peter Joseph "Piet" Engels (25 September 1923 – 13 April 1994) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

Career

Piet Engels opened the Lindenberg Nijmegen Culture House in 1972. Initially there were free academies a music school and a Public Library.{{cite web |last1=Van Capelleveen |first1=Ruud |title=Lindenberg in Nijmegen |url=https://www.absolutefacts.nl/gelderland/nijmegen/lindenberg-in-nijmegen.htm |website=absolutefacts,nl |publisher=Absolute Figures |accessdate=3 August 2020}}

Decorations

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| Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion

| Netherlands

| 8 June 1973

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