Petrus Josephus Mattheus (Piet) Aalberse (March 27, 1871 – July 5, 1948) was a Dutch

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, and the first Dutch Minister of Labor, a position which later evolved into the Minister of Economic Affairs.

He was born in Leiden to confectioner

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 Bartholomeus Hendricus Johannes Aalberse and Johanna Kerkvliet. On July 21, 1898 he married Elisabeth Johanna Maria Schmier, with whom he had 8 children.

He was member of the "Raad der Vereniging" of De Nederlandsche Padvinders

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from 1936 till 1947.