Paul de Groot

Paul de Groot
Paul de Groot in 1967
Chairman of the Communist Party of the Netherlands
In office
1 September 1962 – 13 January 1968
Preceded byUnknown
Succeeded byHenk Hoekstra
Parliamentary leader of the Communist Party of the Netherlands in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office
15 April 1958 – 15 December 1963
Preceded byHenk Gortzak
Succeeded byMarcus Bakker
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office
20 November 1945 – 1 February 1966
Leader of the Communist Party of the Netherlands
In office
6 May 1945 – 15 December 1963
Preceded byKo Beuzemaker
Succeeded byMarcus Bakker
Personal details
Born
Saul de Groot

(1899-07-19)19 July 1899
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died3 August 1986(1986-08-03) (aged 87)
Bussum, Netherlands
Political partyCommunist Party of the Netherlands (from 1926)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of Belgium (from 1921)
Spouses
Szajndla Borzykowska
(m. 1920; died 1942)
Eke de Jong
(m. 1951)
Children1
OccupationPolitician
Diamond cutter
Journalist
Editor-in-chief

Saul "Paul" de Groot (19 July 1899 – 3 August 1986) was a Dutch politician of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN).[1] He was also a member of the House of Representatives for the CPN and chief editor of the party newspaper De Waarheid.

  1. ^ (in Dutch) Saul (Paul) de Groot, Biografisch Woordenboek van het Socialisme en de Arbeidersbeweging in Nederland, 10 February 2003