University of Groningen Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Paramanga Ernest Yonli

Prime Minister of Burkina Faso

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John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

Prime Minister of Great Britain

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Suzanne Camelia-Römer

Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles

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Etienne Ys

Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles; studied law at Groningen

LL.B

1985

Job Cohen

Former mayor of Amsterdam & Labour Party leader

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Wim Duisenberg

First President of the European Central Bank

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Bart Becht

CEO of Reckitt Benckiser

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Paul Polman

CEO of Unilever

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Hans Wijers

Former CEO of AkzoNobel, Chairman of ING Supervisory Board

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Marc Bolland

CEO of Marks & Spencer

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Wubbo Ockels

First Dutch astronaut; PhD in physics & mathematics

PhD

1973

Jan Oort

Renowned astronomer

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Aletta Jacobs

First woman in the Netherlands to receive an MD

MD

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Johan Huizinga

Influential historian and cultural theorist

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Epke Zonderland

Olympic gold medalist (gymnastics, 2012)

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Geert Hofstede

Pioneer in cultural dimensions theory

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Willem de Sitter

Noted astronomer and cosmologist

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Wietse Venema

Prominent programmer and physicist

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Jacques Wallage

Sociologist & prominent Dutch politician; Bachelor and Master in Social Science

BSS, MSS

1967, 1971

Amina Helmi

Award-winning astronomer and professor at Groningen; Spinoza Prize winner

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