Editing Barend Biesheuvel (section)

==Politics==
Between 1956 and 1963 he represented the [[Anti-Revolutionary Party]] in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] (the [[lower house]] of parliament). From 1957 to 1961 he held a seat on the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe and from 1961 to 1963 in the European Parliament.

In the successive administrations headed by Marijnen, Cals and Zijlstra between 24 July 1963 and 5 April 1967 he was Deputy Prime Minister with additional responsibility for matters concerning Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.

In 1967 he returned to the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] and became leader of the parliamentary [[Anti-Revolutionary Party]]. During the same period he also chaired the Shipbuilding Board and the Committee on Government Information Reform.

From 1971 to 1973 Biesheuvel was prime minister of the Netherlands.