Louis de Visser
Louis Leonardus Hendrikus de Visser (21 May 1878 – 3 May 1945) was a Dutch communist politician and activist. Biography Born in to a devout Protestant family of humble origins, de Visser became a worker at a young age and entered politics in the same time. De Visser was one of the founders of the De Tribune newspaper, which was the official organ of the new Social Democratic Party (SDP), the orthodox Marxist wing of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Netherlands. In 1909 he resigned from SDAP and became a member of the Revolutionary Socialist Association (RSV) of Henriette Roland Holst which participated in the Zimmerwald Left. In 1916, the RSV and SDP merged and Visser became a propagandist for the new party. This party soon was renamed the Communist Party of the Netherlands. During the 1918 elections he was arrested due to leading a noisy demonstration but was soon released. De Visser participated in the 3rd World Congress of Communist International. After a crisis in the party leadership regarding policy on trade unions, in which various board members resigned, he became chairman of the CPN in 1925 and a member of the House of Representatives. He was also