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{{Short description|Dutch politician (1919–1992)}}
{{for|the theologian|Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Cornelis Berkhouwer
| country             = Netherlands
| parliament1         = [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)]]
| parliament2         = [[European Parliament]]
| party               = {{plainlist|
* [[VVD]]
* [[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group|European Liberal Democrats]]
}}
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1919|03|19|df=yes}}
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1992|10|05|1919|03|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Alkmaar]], Netherlands
| death_place         = Alkmaar, Netherlands
| citizenship         = {{plainlist|
* [[Dutch nationality law|Netherlands]]
* [[European Union citizenship|European Union]]
}}
| image               = Cees Berkhouwer.jpg
| caption             = Berkhouwer in 1968
| office              = Member of the [[Municipal Council]] of [[Alkmaar]]
| office1             = Member of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]]
| office2             = Member of the [[European Parliament]]
| office3             = President of the European Parliament
| order3              = 10th
| termstart1          = 1979
| termend1            = 1956
| term_end            = 1961
| term_start          = 1949
| termstart2          = 1963
| termend2            = 1984
| termstart3          = 1973
| termend3            = March 11, 1975
| predecessor3        = [[Walter Behrendt]]
| successor3          = [[Georges Spenale]]
}}
'''Cornelis''' "'''Cees'''" '''Berkhouwer'''  ({{IPA|nl|kɔrˈneːlɪz ˈbɛr(ə)kˌɦʌuər}}, 19 March 1919 – 5 October 1992) was a Dutch politician.

He was a [[Member of the European Parliament]] between 1964 and 1984, for the Dutch [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]], which sat as part of the [[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (European Parliament group)|Liberal Democrat group]] in the Parliament. Between 13 March 1973 and 10 March 1975, he served as [[President of the European Parliament]].

He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a [[world constitution]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961 |url=https://www.afb.org/HelenKellerArchive?a=d&d=A-HK01-07-B149-F04-022.1.8 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Helen Keller Archive |publisher=American Foundation for the Blind}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Letter from World Constitution Coordinating Committee to Helen, enclosing current materials |url=https://www.afb.org/HelenKellerArchive?a=d&d=A-HK01-07-B154-F05-028.1.6 |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Helen Keller Archive |publisher=American Foundation for the Blind}}</ref> As a result, for the first time in human history, a [[World Constituent Assembly]] convened to draft and adopt the [[Constitution for the Federation of Earth]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Preparing earth constitution {{!}} Global Strategies & Solutions {{!}} The Encyclopedia of World Problems |url=http://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/strategy/193465 |url-status= |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=The Encyclopedia of World Problems {{!}} Union of International Associations (UIA)}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/926/CORNELIS_BERKHOUWER/history/1 Profile on the European Parliament website]
* [https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_hol006200201_01/_hol006200201_01_0085.php Biography] (Dutch)

{{European Parliament MEPs, 1979-1984 (Netherlands) by party}}
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[[Category:Presidents of the European Parliament]]
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[[Category:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy MEPs]]
[[Category:Municipal councillors in North Holland]]
[[Category:MEPs for the Netherlands 1958–1979]]
[[Category:MEPs for the Netherlands 1979–1984]]
[[Category:World Constitutional Convention call signatories]]


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