Koos Vorrink
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Jacobus Jan Vorrink, better known as Koos Vorrink (7 June 1891 – 19 July 1955), was a socialist leader in the Netherlands.
Koos Vorrink was born on 7 June 1891 in Vlaardingen, in the Dutch province of South Holland.
He started his career as a schoolteacher. On 1 November 1920 he became secretary of the Arbeiders Jeugd Organisatie (AJC), the Dutch socialist youth movement. On 11 May 1924 he became chairman of the socialist youth movement.
On 13 July 1916 he married Irene Hendrika Bergmeijer. Together they had two daughters. Only one daughter survived, Irene Vorrink (7 January 1918 - 21 August 1996), who would become minister of Health in the cabinet Den Uyl (1973–1977).
Vorrinks career progressed as he became chairman of the SDAP, the Dutch socialist party before World War II, on 1 April 1934. He would remain chairman of the SDAP until January 1946.
