Petrus Leonardus Bastiaan Antonius (Pieter) van Geel (born April 8, 1951 in Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch politician for the CDA.
He was State Secretary of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment from 2002 until 2007 and a member of the House of Representatives in 2002, 2003 and from 2006 till 2010.
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“On the farm I had learned how to meet realities without suffering either mentally or physically. My initiative had never been blunted. I had freedom to succeed—freedom to fail. Life on the farm produces a kind of toughness.”
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