Petrus Joannes Antonius "Piet" van der Sanden (11 November 1924 – 18 January 2015) was a Dutch politician and journalist.

He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands between 1971 and 1972 and again from 1973 to 1989 for the Catholic People's Party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal.

During World War II he was studying at the gymnasium when he was sent to a working camp near Hannover in Germany.

[1] Van der Sanden became politically involved in 1966 when he became parliamentary advisor and secretary to the Catholic People's Party.

After his service in the House he became member of the Commissariaat voor de Media [nl] until October 1994.