In what year did de Jong retire from active politics?
1975
1969
1973
1974
Answer
De Jong retired from active politics in 1974. He had been a member of the Dutch Parliament since 1952 and had served as Prime Minister from 1967 to 1971. After leaving politics, de Jong became a professor of international relations at the University of Leiden. He died in 2005 at the age of 90.
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