Barend Willem Biesheuvel was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 6 July 1971 until 11 May 1973.
Biesheuvel in 1982
Prime Minister of Norway Trygve Bratteli and Prime Minister Barend Biesheuvel at the Catshuis on 8 January 1972.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union Andrei Gromyko and Prime Minister Barend Biesheuvel at the Catshuis op 5 July 1972.
The Anti-Revolutionary Party was a Protestant conservative and Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1879 by Abraham Kuyper, a neo-Calvinist theologian and minister. In 1980 the party merged with the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) to form the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
Abraham Kuyper, founder and party leader until 1920, Prime Minister 1901–1905.
Æneas Mackay, the first Prime Minister of the Anti-Revolutionary Party 1888–1891.
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Prime Minister 1940–1945 during World War II leading the Dutch government in exile.
Jelle Zijlstra, party leader in 1956 and 1958–1959, Prime Minister 1966–1967.
