Nicolaas Pierson | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Prime Minister of the Netherlands | |
| In office 27 July 1897 – 1 August 1901 | |
| Monarch | Wilhelmina |
| Regent | Emma (1897-1898) |
| Preceded by | Joan Röell |
| Succeeded by | Abraham Kuyper |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 21 August 1891 – 9 May 1894 | |
| Prime Minister | Gijsbert van Tienhoven |
| Preceded by | Karel Antonie Godin de Beaufort |
| Succeeded by | Jacobus Petrus Sprenger van Eyk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nicolaas Gerard Pierson 7 February 1839 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 24 December 1909 (aged 70) Heemstede, Netherlands |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Catharina Rutgera Waller |
| Alma mater | University of Leiden University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Economist |
Nicolaas Gerard Pierson (7 February 1839 – 24 December 1909) was a Dutch economist and Liberal statesman who served as the chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) of the Netherlands from 1897 until 1901.[1]
Pierson was a professor economics and statistics at the University of Amsterdam and director and presiding director (president-directeur) of the De Nederlandsche Bank, the Dutch national bank. He was minister of Finance in the Cabinet Van Tienhoven. During his term of office he introduced an important tax revision. After serving as chairman of the Council of Ministers for four years he took a seat in the House of Representatives for the constituency of Gorinchem from 1905 to 1909. Pierson received an honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge.
- ^ Blaug, Mark, ed. (1986). "PIERSON, Nicolaas Gerard". Who's Who in Economics: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Economists 1700-1986 (2nd ed.). Wheatsheaf Books Limited. p. 684. ISBN 978-0-7450-0230-9 – via Internet Archive.