Willem Witteveen | |
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_(2).jpg) Witteveen in January 2014 | |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 15 January 2013 – 17 July 2014 | |
| In office 8 June 1999 – 12 June 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Willem Johannes Witteveen 5 May 1952 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 17 July 2014 (aged 62) Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, near Hrabove, Ukraine |
| Cause of death | Aircraft shootdown |
| Political party | Labour Party (1994–2014) |
| Spouse |
Lidwien Heerkens
(m. 1978; died 2014) |
| Children | Marit (d. 2014) Freek |
| Parents |
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| Residence(s) | Breda, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
| Occupation | Politician, professor, author |
Willem Johannes Witteveen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm joˈɦɑnəs ˈʋɪtəˌveːn]; 5 May 1952 – 17 July 2014) was a Dutch legal scholar, politician, and author. He was a law professor at Tilburg University (1990–2014) and a Member of the Senate for the Labour Party (1999–2007; 2013–2014). He was also the author of several books about law and politics. Witteveen was killed on 17 July 2014 when the flight he was travelling on, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, was shot down over eastern Ukraine.