Gretta Duisenberg

Gretta Duisenberg (born in 1942) Dutch activist, known chiefly for her pro-Palestinian activities. From 1987 until his death in 2005, she was married to the Dutch economist Wim Duisenberg, the first president (1999-2003) of the European Central Bank.

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1942 - Dutch - Palestinian - Wim Duisenberg - European Central Bank

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Gretta Duisenberg came to international attention in 2002 when the media reported that the president of the ECB had a Palestine flag hanging from his house in Amsterdam. Because of the media attention, her husband had the flag removed.

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2002 - Amsterdam

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Gretta also came under fire when she announced her intention of collecting six million signatures as part of her campaign to draw attention to the Israeli occupation of the Palestine (the figure is thought to have been an allusion to the number of Jewish victims of World War II).

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Duisenberg was born Gretta Nieuwenhuizen into a strict Protestant family in Amsterdam. She later studied nursing. Her first marriage was to the internist Bedier de Prairie, with whom she had three children. After their divorce, she became active in left-wing causes and was briefly involved with Hans van Mierlo, at that time the Dutch Minister of Defense.

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Protestant - Internist - Divorce - Hans van Mierlo

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