De Jong - Politics

Politics

  • Piet de Jong, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1967 until 1971
  • Frank de Jong, Former Ontario Green Party Leader and environmentalist
  • Simon De Jong, a Canadian parliamentarian
  • Mike de Jong, a British Columbian politician

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