FILE PHOTO: Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok announces the resignation of the Dutch government in The Hague, April 16, 2002. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen/File Photo
October 20, 2018
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Wim Kok, Dutch prime minister from 1994 to 2002, died on Saturday of heart failure, his Labour Party said in a statement.
Kok, who was 80, oversaw a period of strong economic growth in the Netherlands, leading three centrist coalitions.
(Reporting by Toby Sterling; Editing by Adrian Croft)