Paul de Groot

Paul de Groot
Paul de Groot in 1967
Chairman of the Communist Party of the Netherlands
In office
1 September 1962  13 January 1968
Preceded byUnknown
Succeeded byHenk Hoekstra
Parliamentary leader of the Communist Party of the Netherlands in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office
15 April 1958  15 December 1963
Preceded byHenk Gortzak
Succeeded byMarcus Bakker
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office
20 November 1945  1 February 1966
Leader of the Communist Party of the Netherlands
In office
6 May 1945  15 December 1963
Preceded byKo Beuzemaker
Succeeded byMarcus Bakker
Personal details
Born
Saul de Groot

(1899-07-19)19 July 1899
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died3 August 1986(1986-08-03) (aged 87)
Bussum, Netherlands
Political partyCommunist Party of the Netherlands (from 1926)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of Belgium (from 1921)
Spouses
Szajndla Borzykowska
(m. 1920; died 1942)
    Eke de Jong
    (m. 1951)
    Children1
    OccupationPolitician
    Diamond cutter
    Journalist
    Editor-in-chief

    Saul "Paul" de Groot (19 July 1899 – 3 August 1986) was a Dutch politician of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN). He was also a member of the House of Representatives for the CPN and chief editor of the party newspaper De Waarheid.