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Dutch politician
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Male
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Birth:
19 June 1858(Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands)
Death:
17 October 1941(The Hague, Netherlands)
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Education:
Leiden University
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Biography
Dirk Fock (19 June 1858 – 17 October 1941) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Liberal State Party (LSP) now merged into the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Governor of Suriname (1908–1911), Speaker of the House of Representatives (1917–1921) and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1921–1926).
After attending Gymnasium Haganum, Fock studied law at Leiden University from 1875 to 1880.