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Democrats 66 is a social-liberal and progressive political party in the Netherlands, which is positioned on the centre to centre-left of the political spectrum. It is a member of the Liberal Internati
Hans van Mierlo, co-founder and leader between 1966–1973 and 1986–1998
Jan Terlouw, leader from 1973 to 1982
Els Borst, top candidate in the 1998 general election
Alexander Pechtold, leader from 2006 to 2018
Liberalism in the Netherlands started as an anti-monarchical effort spearheaded by the Dutch statesman Thorbecke, who almost single-handedly wrote the 1848 Constitution of the Netherlands that turned
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke in 1852, during his first term as Prime Minister.
