At what age did de Jong retire from politics?
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At the age of 59, de Jong retired from politics after his party lost its position as the largest in the Second Chamber of the States General in the 1982 elections. He then returned to his profession as a lawyer and became a member of the board of directors of the insurance company AMEV.
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