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=== Post premiership === He was granted the honorary title of [[Minister of State (Netherlands)|Minister of State]] on 22 December 1958 and continued to comment on political affairs as a statesman until his death in May 1988 at the age of 101. He continued to be active as a valued historian and prolific author and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government. The [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] appointed him a member of its Executive Council for life in 1959. Due to impaired hearing he stopped attending its meetings in 1966. He strongly disagreed with [[New Left]] tendencies in the membership and strategies of the [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]], and eventually gave up membership of a party he had served for close to 67 years.
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