Arie Pais
Aäron "Arie" Pais (born 16 April 1930 in The Hague) is a retired Dutch politician of Jewish descent. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He was a Member of the Senate in 1977 and again from 1981 through 1982. He also was Minister of Education and Sciences from 1977 through 1981.
Pais also was a member of the municipal council of Amsterdam and of the provincial states of North Holland.
Before his political career he was a economics professor at the University of Amsterdam, and afterwards a banker at the European Investment Bank.
Pais is a vegetarian and an animal protection activist.
Arie Pais Media
Other websites
- (in Dutch) Dr. A. (Arie) Pais Parlement.com