Willem Schermerhorn

His Excellency Willem Schermerhorn
Willem Schermerhorn in 1946
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 25 June 1945 – 3 July 1946
Monarch	Wilhelmina
Deputy	Willem Drees
Preceded by	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Succeeded by	Louis Beel
Member of the Senate
In office 18 September 1951 – 5 June 1963
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 27 July 1948 – 18 September 1951
In office 4 June 1946 – 16 September 1946
Personal details
Born	(1894-12-17)17 December 1894 Akersloot, Netherlands
Died	10 March 1977(1977-03-10) (aged 82) Haarlem, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party (from 1946)
Other political affiliations	Free-thinking Democratic League (1930–1946) Liberal State Party (1922–1930)
Spouse	Barbara Rook ​ (m. 1919)​
Children	3 sons and 1 daughter
Alma mater	Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Civil engineer · Cartographer · Surveyor · Researcher · Editor · Author · Professor

Willem "Wim" Schermerhorn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm ˈsxɛrmərˌɦɔrn]; 17 December 1894 – 10 March 1977) was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 25 June 1945 until 3 July 1946. He was a member of the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) and later co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA).^[1] According to Harry W. Laidler, the government under Schermerhorn's premiership "achieved important results in the fields of labor, finance, housing, old age pensions, and the social services".^[2]