Post by asadul4986 on Feb 20, 2024 2:23:52 GMT -6
This is how the organization The Rights Forum announced the death of its founder and former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt, which occurred by euthanasia at the same time as that of his wife, Eugenie. The couple, both 93 years old, died “together and hand in hand” on February 5, according to The Rights Forum, after opting for the so-called “duo-euthanasia” due to the progressive deterioration of their health. Van Agt, an influential politician with long years of service. He suffered a stroke in 2019 from which he was never able to fully recover, while his wife Eugenie's health also deteriorated. Advertisements Euthanasia and assisted suicide have been allowed in the Netherlands since 2002. Duo-euthanasia is a recent and growing trend in that northern European country , where a limited number of couples have been able to fulfill the wish of dying together, usually through a lethal dose of a drug. Seven decades together Andreas (Dries) van Agt and Eugenie Krekelberg had been together for more than 70 years, since they met as art students in Nijmegen, in the eastern Netherlands.
They married a few years later and were inseparable ever since. Born in 1931, Dries van Agt was raised in a Catholic environment and, after graduating in Law and working as a lawyer in the Ministries of Agriculture and Fisheries and Justice, he began a political career. He was Minister of Justice (1971-1977) and Foreign Affairs (1982). He served as prime minister in three cabinets of the Dutch government between 1977 and 1982. He was then appointed ambassador of the European Union to Japan and the United States. Eugenie Costa Rica Mobile Number List accompanied and advised him throughout his extensive political career and always appeared at his side at local and foreign events in which both participated as public figures. In photos they appear greeting the crowd, voting together in elections or openly showing their affection for each other. Dries van Agt and his wife, Eugenie, before the couple's departure to Japan Getty Images Van Agt was appointed European Union ambassador to Japan in 1987. Eugenie was also at his side when he founded The Rights Forum in 2009, an organization committed to finding a peaceful solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
Van Agt wrote numerous articles and two books about what he considered the “injustice” in which the Palestinian people live. In 2019, the former prime minister suffered a stroke from which he made a partial recovery. Although he continued to pursue the Palestinian issue, The Rights Forum writes, he became frustrated because “his creativity, concentration and ability to deliver speeches had been affected.” The health of their beloved and eternal support Eugenie had also declined and, being clear that they did not want to live without each other, both 93 years old, they made the decision to undergo euthanasia together on February 5. The current acting Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, paid a moving tribute to whom he called his “great-great-grandfather in law” and the Dutch royal family highlighted his “striking personality and florid style.” The couple leaves behind three children and was buried in Nijmegen, the city where they met.
They married a few years later and were inseparable ever since. Born in 1931, Dries van Agt was raised in a Catholic environment and, after graduating in Law and working as a lawyer in the Ministries of Agriculture and Fisheries and Justice, he began a political career. He was Minister of Justice (1971-1977) and Foreign Affairs (1982). He served as prime minister in three cabinets of the Dutch government between 1977 and 1982. He was then appointed ambassador of the European Union to Japan and the United States. Eugenie Costa Rica Mobile Number List accompanied and advised him throughout his extensive political career and always appeared at his side at local and foreign events in which both participated as public figures. In photos they appear greeting the crowd, voting together in elections or openly showing their affection for each other. Dries van Agt and his wife, Eugenie, before the couple's departure to Japan Getty Images Van Agt was appointed European Union ambassador to Japan in 1987. Eugenie was also at his side when he founded The Rights Forum in 2009, an organization committed to finding a peaceful solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
Van Agt wrote numerous articles and two books about what he considered the “injustice” in which the Palestinian people live. In 2019, the former prime minister suffered a stroke from which he made a partial recovery. Although he continued to pursue the Palestinian issue, The Rights Forum writes, he became frustrated because “his creativity, concentration and ability to deliver speeches had been affected.” The health of their beloved and eternal support Eugenie had also declined and, being clear that they did not want to live without each other, both 93 years old, they made the decision to undergo euthanasia together on February 5. The current acting Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, paid a moving tribute to whom he called his “great-great-grandfather in law” and the Dutch royal family highlighted his “striking personality and florid style.” The couple leaves behind three children and was buried in Nijmegen, the city where they met.