Editing Ruud Lubbers (section)

==Personal life and death==
On 10 October 1962, Lubbers married {{ill|Ria Hoogeweegen|nl|Ria Lubbers}} (1940–2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/jous008ruud01_01/jous008ruud01_01_0002.php|title=Arendo Joustra en Erik van Venetië, Ruud Lubbers. Manager in de politiek · dbnl|last=DBNL|website=DBNL|access-date=18 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ruudlubbers.nl/ruudlubbersbiografie.php|title=Prof. Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers|website=www.ruudlubbers.nl|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-date=27 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127045347/http://www.ruudlubbers.nl/ruudlubbersbiografie.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://images.nrc.nl/q9LgKR5okiy7i756T3O8EhLJNgA=/x/filters:no_upscale():format(jpeg):fill(f8f8f8,true)/s3/nrchub/clippings/NH/20240608/430-advertisement-273198_1326291_lubbers-hoogeweegen01-f99980.png|title=Ria Lubbers-Hoogeweegen death notice|website=NRC|access-date=8 June 2024|lang=nl}}</ref><ref name=nos>{{cite news |first=|last=|title=Ria Lubbers (83), weduwe van oud-premier Ruud Lubbers, overleden |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2523632-ria-lubbers-83-weduwe-van-oud-premier-ruud-lubbers-overleden |work=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]] |publisher= |date=2024-06-08 |access-date=2024-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609031241/https://nos.nl/artikel/2523632-ria-lubbers-83-weduwe-van-oud-premier-ruud-lubbers-overleden |archive-date=2024-06-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> and had two sons and one daughter, Paul, Bart and Heleen.

Lubbers died in Rotterdam on 14 February 2018, at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/02/14/world/europe/ap-eu-netherlands-obit-lubbers.html |title=Longest-Serving Dutch Premier, Ruud Lubbers, Dies at 78 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=14 February 2018 |access-date=14 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/ruud-lubbers-former-dutch-netherlands-prime-minister-dies/|title=Ruud Lubbers, former Dutch prime minister, dies|date=14 February 2018|access-date=18 August 2018}}</ref> Among the world leaders who offered condolences were former [[President of the Soviet Union]] [[Mikhail Gorbachev]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gorby.ru/en/presscenter/news/show_29827/|title=Dear Lubbers' family members and Ruud's friends|publisher=Mikhail Gorbachev|date=15 February 2018|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> [[Prime Minister of Russia]] and former [[President of Russia]] [[Dmitry Medvedev]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.government.ru/en/news/31417/|title=Dmitry Medvedev expresses condolences to Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Mark Rutte on the death of former Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers|publisher=The Russian Government|date=17 February 2018|access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref> [[Chancellor of Germany]] [[Angela Merkel]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeskanzlerin.de/Content/DE/Mitschrift/Pressekonferenzen/2018/02/2018-02-19-statements-merkel-rutte.html|title=Pressestatements von Bundeskanzlerin Merkel und dem niederländischen Premierminister Rutte|publisher=Bundeskanzleramt|date=19 February 2018|access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref> [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] and former [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] and [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] [[António Guterres]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/sgsm18896.doc.htm|title=Secretary-General Extends Heartfelt Condolences on Death of Ruud Lubbers|publisher=United Nations|date=15 February 2018|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] [[Filippo Grandi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2018/2/5a859cf84/news-comment-death-former-un-high-commissioner-refugees-ruud-lubbers.html|title=News comment: Death of former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers|publisher=United Nations|date=15 February 2018|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> and [[President of the European Commission]] and former [[List of Prime Ministers of Luxembourg|Prime Minister of Luxembourg]] [[Jean-Claude Juncker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/JunckerEU/status/964084723797712897|title=Twitter|publisher=Jean-Claude Juncker|date=15 February 2018|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> His ceremonial funeral was held in Rotterdam on 20 February 2018 and was attended by Prime Minister [[Mark Rutte]] and all living former [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Prime Ministers]] [[Dries van Agt]], [[Wim Kok]] and [[Jan Peter Balkenende]] and other high-profile (former) politicians. This was also the last public appearance of his successor as Prime Minister Wim Kok, who himself died eight months later at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elsevierweekblad.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2018/02/de-uitvaart-van-ruud-lubbers-in-beeld-588343/|title=De uitvaart van Ruud Lubbers in beeld – Elsevierweekblad.nl|date=20 February 2018|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806230234/https://www.elsevierweekblad.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2018/02/de-uitvaart-van-ruud-lubbers-in-beeld-588343/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2218375-uitvaart-en-begrafenis-lubbers-in-besloten-kring.html|title=Uitvaart en begrafenis Lubbers in besloten kring|date=20 February 2018 |access-date=18 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ad.nl/politiek/veel-staatslieden-bij-herdenking-oud-premier-ruud-lubbers~a15607d6/|title=Veel staatslieden bij herdenking oud premierRuud Lubbers|website=www.ad.nl|access-date=18 August 2018}}</ref>

In 2024 it was revealed Lubbers died via [[euthanasia]] after having been diagnosed with [[vascular dementia]] some years prior.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-03 |title=Nieuwe biografie over Ruud Lubbers: 'Hij koos met euthanasie zijn eigen weg' |url=https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2543131-nieuwe-biografie-over-ruud-lubbers-hij-koos-met-euthanasie-zijn-eigen-weg |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=NOS |language=nl}}</ref>
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