{{Short description|Dutch lawer and politician (1936–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Friso Meeter |image = |alt = |caption = |office1 = Member of the Senate |term_start1 = 11 March 1997 |term_end1 = 8 June 1999 |birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|01|14|df=y}} |birth_place = Overschie, Netherlands |death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|3|05|1936|01|14|df=yes}} |death_place = Rotterdam, Netherlands |party = Labour Party |occupation = Lawyer |alma_mater = }} '''Friso Meeter''' (14 January 1936 – 5 March 2025) was a Dutch lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Senate between 1997 and 1999 for the Labour Party.
==Life and career== Meeter was born on 14 January 1936 in Overschie.<ref>{{cite web|author=Nico de Vries |url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010622886:mpeg21:p002 |title=DAF-CURATOR FRISO MEETER: DE MAN VAN DE DUIZENDEN ONTSLAGEN 'Na sanering moeten anderen aan touwtjes trekken' |language=nl |publisher=Leeuwarder Courant via Delpher |date=22 March 1993 |access-date=9 March 2025}}</ref><ref name=par>{{cite web|url=https://www.parlement.com/biografie/mr-f-friso-meeter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251031194059/https://www.parlement.com/biografie/mr-f-friso-meeter |title=Mr. F. (Friso) Meeter |language=nl |publisher=Parlement.com |date= |archive-date=31 October 2025}}</ref> He studied Dutch law in Amsterdam. He spent time in Den Helder for the Royal Netherlands Navy. After finishing his studies Meeter returned to Rotterdam where he worked as a lawyer specializing in insolvency and held positions as a trustee in bankruptcy. He amongst other cases worked as trustee in the case of Rijn-Schelde-Verolme.<ref name=senate>{{cite web|url=https://www.eerstekamer.nl/nieuws/20250408/oud_senator_meeter_pvda_herdacht |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408125554/https://www.eerstekamer.nl/nieuws/20250408/oud_senator_meeter_pvda_herdacht |title=Oud-senator Meeter (PvdA) herdacht |language=nl |publisher=Senate of the Netherlands |date=8 April 2025 |archive-date=8 April 2025}}</ref> Together with Louis Deterink he was the trustee for DAF NV in 1993.<ref name=par/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Schreurs |first1=P.H.W. |url=https://www.inview.nl/document/id056ab331f4df4661ae4572eef561c96a/tijdschrift-voor-insolventierecht-er-is-nog-een-leven-na-het-curatorschap-interview-met-louis-deterink?ctx=WKNL_CSL_163&tab=tekst |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251227141117/https://www.inview.nl/document/id056ab331f4df4661ae4572eef561c96a/tijdschrift-voor-insolventierecht-er-is-nog-een-leven-na-het-curatorschap-interview-met-louis-deterink?ctx=WKNL_CSL_163&tab=tekst |title=Er is nog een leven na het curatorschap – interview met Louis Deterink |language=nl |journal=Tijdschrift voor Insolventierecht |date=10 March 2020 |archive-date=27 December 2025}}</ref>
Meeter served on the {{ill|Rijnmondraad|nl|Rijnmondraad}} between 1974 and 1978.<ref name=par/> He was member of the Senate for the Labour Party from 11 March 1997 until 8 June 1999. In the Senate Meeter specialized in civil law and held the justice portfolio.<ref name=par/><ref name=senate/>
Meeter was married and had four children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voc-rotterdam.nl/index.php?page=409&sid=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251227141541/https://www.voc-rotterdam.nl/index.php?page=409&sid=2 |title=Friso Meeter overleden |language=nl |publisher=V.O.C. Rotterdam |date=9 March 2025 |archive-date=27 December 2025}}</ref> Meeter died on 5 March 2025 in Rotterdam, aged 89.<ref name=par/>
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