Johan Rudolf Thorbecke

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Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (January 14, 1798 - June 4, 1872) was an important Dutch politician. In 1848, he wrote a constitution almost on his own. This constitution gave the king less power and the people more, so it made the Netherlands a democracy. Thorbecke was a liberal.

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