title: Tjerk Westerterp
text: Theodorus Engelbertus "Tjerk" Westerterp (born 2 December 1930) is a Dutch politician. He was a diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party. He is also a businessman.
  
  Westerterp became a Member of the House of Representatives after Gerard Veldkamp was appointed as Minister of Social Affairs and Health.
  
  After the election of 1971 Westerterp was appointed as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, taking office on 17 August 1971.
  
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  1930 births
  Living people
  Catholic People's Party politicians
  Christian Democratic Appeal politicians
  Deputy government ministers of the Netherlands
  Dutch businesspeople
  Dutch journalists
  Dutch lobbyists
  Dutch Roman Catholics
  Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
  Former MEPs
  Government ministers of the Netherlands
  MEPs for the Netherlands
  Politicians from Rotterdam
  Writers from Rotterdam