Andreas Antonius Maria van Agt (2 February 1931 – 5 February 2024) was a Dutch politician, lawyer, and diplomat. Born in Geldrop, North Brabant, into a Roman Catholic family as the eldest of five children, he earned an LL.M. in Law (cum laude) from Radboud University Nijmegen in 1955. His career included roles as a lawyer in Eindhoven (until 1957), legal advisor at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (1958-1963) and Ministry of Justice (1963-1968), professor of criminal law at Radboud University (1968-1971), Minister of Justice (1971-1977), and Deputy Prime Minister (1973-1977). He led the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) from 1976 to 1982 and served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1977 to 1982. After his premiership, he was Queen's Commissioner of North Brabant (1983-1987), Ambassador of the European Community to Japan (1987-1990) and the United States (1990-1995), visiting professor at the University of Kyoto (1995-1996), chairman of The Rights Forum (2009-2015, honorary thereafter) focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, board member of Green Cross International (from 1993), and member of the InterAction Council and International Board of Regents at Bethlehem University (from 2001). A devout Roman Catholic known for his archaic speech and enthusiasm for cycling, he married Eugenie Jacqueline Theresia Krekelberg in 1958; they had three children and seven grandchildren, including cyclist Eva van Agt (b. 1997). He suffered a brain hemorrhage in 2019 and, on 5 February 2024 in Nijmegen, he and his wife Eugenie (who died aged 93) died by duo euthanasia, holding hands. Van Agt was a prominent critic of Israeli policy toward Palestinians, accusing Israel of 'state terrorism,' calling Benjamin Netanyahu a 'war criminal' in 2016, supporting the BDS movement, resigning from the CDA in 2021 over its Israel stance, and denying accusations of antisemitism. His career included controversies such as attempting to pardon the 'Breda Four' Nazi war criminals in 1972, involvement in the Zaak-Menten scandal in the 1970s, and conflicts with Joop den Uyl that contributed to cabinet collapses in 1982.