Editing Joop den Uyl (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Kissinger and Den Uyl 1976.jpg|thumb|left|[[United States Secretary of State]] [[Henry Kissinger]] and Prime Minister Joop den Uyl at the [[Catshuis]] on 11 August 1976.]]
[[File:Premier Den Uyl (r) ontvangt Franse socialistenleider François Mitterrand op Cat, Bestanddeelnr 928-8063.jpg|thumb|left|[[First Secretary of the French Socialist Party|French Socialist Leader]] [[François Mitterrand]] and Prime Minister Joop den Uyl and at the [[Catshuis]] on 28 September 1976.]]
[[File:Britse oppositieleidster Margeret Thatcher bezoekt Den Uyl op Catshuis, Bestanddeelnr 928-9238.jpg|thumb|left|British [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] and Prime Minister Joop den Uyl at the [[Catshuis]] on 6 December 1976.]]
[[File:Start campagne voor Europese verkiezingen van PvdA (Rotterdam) Joop den Uyl (l), Bestanddeelnr 932-9810.jpg|thumb|left|Labour Leader Joop den Uyl and British [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]] [[Neil Kinnock]] in [[Rotterdam]] on 26 May 1984.]]
[[File:Bezoek vice-president George Bush van de VS gesprek met de oppositie Bush in ge, Bestanddeelnr 933-3644.jpg|thumb|left|Vice President of the United States [[George H. W. Bush]] and Labour Leader Joop den Uyl in [[The Hague]] on 26 June 1985.]]
[[File:Sraelische premier Peres ontmoet oppositieleider Den Uyl in 2e Kamer. Bezoek van Shimon Peres (933-5443).jpg|thumb|left|Labour Leader Joop den Uyl and [[Prime Minister of Israel]] [[Shimon Peres]] in [[The Hague]] on 21 January 1986.]]

Johannes Marten den Uijl was born on 9 August 1919 in the town of [[Hilversum]]. He was born in a [[Calvinist]] [[Reformed tradition|Reformed]] family. His father, Johannes den Uyl, was a shopkeeper and a basket weaver who died when Den Uyl was 10. Den Uyl attended the Christian Lyceum, the modern-day Comenius College, in Hilversum from 1931 to 1936. Following this he studied Economics at the [[University of Amsterdam]]. During this period in his life he left the church. In 1942 he attained the [[doctorandus]] degree. Until 1945 he was a civil servant at the National Bureau for Prices of Chemical Products, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. During that period he was part of the underground newspaper group that published the clandestine ''[[Het Parool]]''. After [[World War II]], Den Uyl worked for ''Het Parool'', ''[[Vrij Nederland]]'' and other former resistance papers. From January 1949 to 1963 he was the head of the [[Wiardi Beckman Stichting]], the think tank of the [[Social democracy|social democratic]] [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]]. In 1953, at the invitation of the American government, Den Uyl stayed in the United States for a few months, gaining an appreciation of the American experience.<ref>International Institute of Social History, [http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/files/u/10772225full.php#N11482 ''Archief Joop den Uyl''], item 187. Retrieved on 9 October 2007.</ref>