Pieter Wilhelm Adrianus Cort van der Linden (14 May 1846 – 15 July 1935) was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 29 August 1913 to 9 September 1918. Biography He was the last prime minister to lead a liberal cabinet and the last liberal to be Prime Minister until Mark Rutte in 2010 (92 years later). One of Cort van der Linden's major achievements was maintaining Dutch neutrality during World War I although personally, he was pro-German. He also introduced universal suffrage in the Netherlands in what is now known as the Pacification of 1917. That made the Social Democratic Workers' Party and the General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses win the 1918 elections. The Catholic Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck took Cort van der Linden's place as Prime Minister. References Literature External links Paul Moeyes: Cort van der Linden, Pieter Wilhelm Adriaan, in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Decorations 1846 births 1935 deaths Dutch academic administrators Dutch financial writers 19th-century Dutch historians Dutch magazine editors Dutch people of World War I Dutch political writers Dutch scholars of constitutional law Independent politicians in the Netherlands Jurisprudence academics Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau Legal historians Leiden University alumni Monetarists Monetary economists Members of the Council of State (Netherlands) Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands Ministers of State (Netherlands) Politicians from The Hague Prime Ministers of the Netherlands Remonstrants Recipients of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Academic staff of the University of Groningen Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam 19th-century Dutch civil servants 19th-century Dutch economists 19th-century Dutch educators 19th-century Dutch lawyers 19th-century Dutch male writers 19th-century Dutch politicians 20th-century Dutch civil servants 20th-century Dutch economists 20th-century Dutch educators 20th-century Dutch lawyers 20th-century Dutch male writers 20th-century Dutch politicians