Willem Witteveen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Willem Witteveen

Dutch politician

Date of Birth: 05-May-1952

Place of Birth: Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 17-Jul-2014

Profession: writer, lawyer, politician, jurist, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Willem Johannes Witteveen (Dutch pronunciation: ['??l?m jo'??n?s '??t??ve?n]; 5 May 1952 – 17 July 2014) was a Dutch legal scholar, politician, and author.
He was a law professor at Tilburg University (1990–2014) and a Member of the Senate for the Labour Party (1999–2007; 2013–2014).
He was also the author of several books about law and politics.
Witteveen was killed on 17 July 2014 when the flight he was travelling on, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, was shot down over eastern Ukraine.