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Ruud Lubbers Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Ruud Lubbers, based on 8 World History Database records associated with Netherlands.

8 records1985–19934 events5 places

Chronological biography

1985

Treaty of Accession12 June 1985
Government / Government of Netherlands · Prime Minister of the Netherlands · Madrid and Lisbon

Lubbers represents the Netherlands as the enlargement treaty is concluded with Spain and Portugal.

1991

Treaty of Maastricht28 June 1991
Government / European Economic Community (EEC) · Prime Minister of the Netherlands · Luxembourg

Takes part in the Luxembourg European Council as Netherlands weighs the next stage of integration.

European Union Agreement9 December 1991
Government / European Economic Community (EEC) · Prime Minister of the Netherlands · Maastricht

Guides negotiations establishing the framework for European Union.

Maastricht European Council9 December 1991
Government / European Economic Community (EEC) · Prime Minister of the Netherlands · Maastricht

Hosts the European Council that reaches agreement on the new treaty.

Treaty of Maastricht9 December 1991
Government / European Economic Community (EEC) · Prime Minister of the Netherlands · Maastricht

Represents Netherlands as leaders open the final round of bargaining over European Union.

1992

Treaty of Maastricht11 December 1992
Government / European Economic Community (EEC) · Prime Minister of the Netherlands · Edinburgh

Represents Netherlands as the European Council works to stabilise the treaty ratification process.

Treaty of Maastricht28 December 1992
Government / European Economic Community (EEC) · Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Leads the Netherlands when the country's ratification notification is deposited for Maastricht.

1993

Treaty of Maastricht1 November 1993
Government / European Economic Community (EEC) · Prime Minister of the Netherlands · Netherlands

Heads the Dutch government as Maastricht becomes effective and the European Union is formally established.

Titles and roles

Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.