Gerhard Pietersen

Gerhard Pietersen (1889-1951) was a Brunanter politician and former Prime Minister. He was Prime Minister from 1939 to 1941 and 1945 to 1949. During the German occupation of Brunant, he was under arrest. Following the war he would be elected in the 1945 Special General Election to a second term.

Personal life
Pietersen was married first to Libertan-Brunanter Lidia Willemsen (1899-1937). They would have three children: Gerhard, Isabela and Raymond. In 1946 he remarried, to writer Esther Grantham (1903-1978).