Wim Polak

Wim Polak
Wim Polak in 1982
Member of the Council of State
In office
16 April 1984  1 October 1994
Vice PresidentWillem Scholten
Mayor of Amsterdam
In office
15 June 1977  1 June 1983
Preceded byLouis Kuijpers (Ad interim)
Succeeded byEnneüs Heerma (Ad interim)
State Secretary for the Interior
In office
11 May 1973  1 May 1977
Prime MinisterJoop den Uyl
Preceded byJan van Stuijvenberg
Succeeded byHenk Koning
Personal details
Born
Willem Polak

(1924-09-14)14 September 1924
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died1 October 1999(1999-10-01) (aged 75)
Ilpendam, Netherlands
Cause of deathCancer
Political partyLabour Party (from 1946)
Other political
affiliations
Social Democratic
Workers' Party

(1945–1946)
Spouse
Johanna van 't Kruijs
(m. 1947)
Children1 son and 1 daughter
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Economics)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Economist · Journalist · Editor · Author · Corporate director · Nonprofit director

Willem "Wim" Polak (14 September 1924 – 1 October 1999) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and economist.