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Colijn
Hendrikus "Hendrik" Colijn (22 June 1869 – 18 September 1944) was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP; now defunct and merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal or CDA). He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 4 August 1925 until 8 March 1926, and from 26 May 1933 until 10 August 1939. Early life He was born on 22 June 1869 in the Haarlemmermeer to Antonie Colijn and Anna Verkuijl, who had migrated to the newly created Haarlemmermeer polder from the Land of Heusden and Altena for religious reasons. He was the first of six children, all born in Haarlemmermeer. Colijn grew up in the Land of Altena. Military service At the age of 16, he went to a military academy in Kampen for officer training, where he graduated as a 2nd lieutenant in 1892. On 18 September 1893, he married Helena Groenenberg (23 September 1867 – 14 February 1947) and was sent to the Dutch East Indies. During his 16 years in the Dutch East Indies, he spent ten years in the ...
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List Of Ministers Of Economic Affairs Of The Netherlands
The Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy ( nl, Minister van Economische Zaken en Klimaat) is the head of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The current Minister is Micky Adriaansens of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been in office since 10 January 2022. Regularly a State Secretary is assigned to the Ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios. The current State Secretary is Hans Vijlbrief of the Democrats 66 (D66) party who also has been in office since 10 January 2022 and has been assigned the portfolios of Mining and Extractivism. In the current cabinet there is also a Minister without Portfolio assigned to the Ministry who is also giving specific portfolios. The current Minister without Portfolio is Rob Jetten of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and who also has been in office since 10 January 2022 and has been assigned the portfolios of Climate Policy, Environment ...
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List Of Ministers Of Finance Of The Netherlands
The Minister of Finance ( nl, Minister van Financiën) is the head of the Ministry of Finance and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands. The current Minister of Finance is Sigrid Kaag of the Democrats 66, who has been in office since 10 January 2022. Kaag is the first female Minister of Finance of the Netherlands. Ministers of Finance (since 1866) ''For full list, see List of Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands.'' : : : : : : : : : Living former Ministers of Finance List of State Secretaries for Finance : Resigned. : Appointment: Fons van der Stee appointed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries; Willem Vermeend appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Employment; Joop Wijn appointed Minister of Economic Affairs; Jan Kees de Jager appointed Minister of Finance. Living former State Secretaries for Finance See also * Ministry of Finance References {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands Finance Finance is the study and disciplin ...
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List Of Ministers Of Kingdom Relations Of The Netherlands
The Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations ( nl, Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties) is the head of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers and dual serves as the Minister of the Interior. The current Minister is Hanke Bruins Slot of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party who has been in office since 10 January 2022. ​Regularly a State Secretary is assigned to the Ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios. The current State Secretary is Alexandra van Huffelen of the Democrats 66 (D66) party who also has been in office since 10 January 2022 and has been assigned the portfolios of Kingdom Relations, Local Government and Digital Government. List of Ministers of Colonial Affairs (1866–1946) ''For full list, see List of Ministers of Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands.'' List of Ministers of Colonial Affairs (1946–1959) List of Ministers of Kingdom Relations (sin ...
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List Of Ministers Of Infrastructure Of The Netherlands
The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management ( nl, Minister van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat) is the head of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Mark Harbers of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been in office since 10 January 2022. Regularly a State Secretary is assigned to the Ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios. The current State Secretary is Vivianne Heijnen of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party who also has been in office since 10 January 2022 and has been assigned the portfolios of Aviation, Water Management and Weather Forecasting. List of Ministers of Infrastructure ''For full list, see List of Ministers of Transport of the Netherlands.'' : : : : : : : : : : : : : Living former Ministers of Infrastructure List of State Secretaries for Infrastructure : : : : : Living former State Secretaries for Infrastructure ...
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List Of Ministers Of Foreign Affairs Of The Netherlands
The Minister of Foreign Affairs ( nl, Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Wopke Hoekstra of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who has been in office since 10 January 2022. Regularly a State Secretary is assigned to the Ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios, currently the function is not in use. Additionally since 1965 there has been a Minister without Portfolio assigned to the Ministry, the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation has traditionally Development Cooperation as portfolio, since 2012 the portfolio of Trade and Export has been assigned added to the function. The current Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation is Liesje Schreinemacher of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been in office since 10 January 2022. Agents of Foreign Affairs (1798–1801) Secretaries of State of F ...
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List Of Ministers Of Defence Of The Netherlands
The Minister of Defence ( nl, Minister van Defensie) is the head of the Ministry of Defence (Netherlands), Ministry of Defence and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands, Cabinet and the Council of Ministers (Netherlands), Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Kajsa Ollongren of the Democrats 66 (D66) party who has been in office since 10 January 2022. Regularly a State Secretary is assigned to the Ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios. The current State Secretary is Christophe van der Maat of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who also has been in office since 10 January 2022. History Role List of officeholders Minister of Defence (1928–1941) Minister of Defence (since 1948) : : : : : : : : : : : : : Living former Ministers of Defence List of State Secretaries for Defence : : : : : : Living former State Secretaries for Defence See also * Ministry of Defence (Netherlands), Ministry of Defence * Chief of Defence (Netherland ...
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Anti-Revolutionary Party
The Anti-Revolutionary Party ( nl, Anti-Revolutionaire Partij, ARP) was a Protestant conservative and Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1879 by Abraham Kuyper, a neo-Calvinist theologian and minister. In 1980 the party merged with the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) to form the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). History History before 1879 They anti-revolutionary parliamentary caucus had existed since the 1840s. It represented orthodox tendencies within the Dutch Reformed Church. Under the leadership of Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer the anti-revolutionaries became a real political force, which opposed the liberal tendencies within the Dutch Reformed Church and the liberal tendencies within Dutch politics. Their three values were "God, the Netherlands, and the House of Orange". An important issue was public education, which in the view of the anti-revolutionaries should be Protestant-Ch ...
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Charles Welter
Charles Joseph Ignace Marie Welter (6 April 1880 – 28 March 1972) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses (ABRK) party later the Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP), the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and founder of Catholic National Party (KNP) before rejoining the Catholic People's Party now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and nonprofit director. Welter worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of the Interior from July 1901 until October 1902 and for the Ministry of Colonial Affairs in the Kedu Residency and Pekalongan in the Dutch East Indies from October 1902 until April 1908 and in Batavia from April 1908 until May 1911. Welter moved back to the Netherlands and worked for the Ministry of Colonial Affairs in The Hague from May 1911 until November 1915 and returned to the Dutch East Indies working for the Ministry of Colonial Affairs in Batavia from November 1915 until October 1925. After the elec ...
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Jacob Adriaan De Wilde
Jacob Adriaan de Wilde (7 January 1879 – 10 January 1956) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist. De Wilde attended the Gymnasium Haganum in The Hague from June 1891 until June 1897 and applied at the Free University Amsterdam in June 1897 majoring in Law, Literature and Philology and obtaining Bachelor of Letters and Bachelor of Laws degrees in July 1901 before transferring to the University of Amsterdam the next year in July 1902 where he graduated with a Master of Laws degree in July 1905. De Wilde worked as a lawyer from September 1905 until May 1933 in Soest from September 1905 until February 1908 and in The Hague from February 1908 until May 1933. De Wilde also worked as editor of the newspapers ''Haagsche Courant'' and the '' Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant'' from April 1913 until August 1920 and editor-in-chief of the party newspaper ''De Rotterdammer'' from March 1914 un ...
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Max Steenberghe
Maximilien Paul Léon "Max" Steenberghe (2 May 1899 – 22 January 1972) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP), which later formed to the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and is now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. It was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolution ... (CDA). Decorations References External links ;Official *Mr. M.P.L. (Max) SteenbergheParlement & Politiek 1899 births 1972 deaths Catholic People's Party politicians Chairmen of Trade associations of the Netherlands Dutch corporate directors Dutch nonprofit directors Dutch nonprofit executives Dutch jurists Dutch Roman Catholics Dutch traditionalist Catholics Dutch people of World War II Dutch political party founders Grand Off ...
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Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers
Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers (14 February 1883 – 1 January 1978) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) and later co-founder of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and agronomist. Political career Deckers was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1918, taking office on 17 September 1918. After the election of 1929 Deckers was appointed as Minister of Defence in the Cabinet Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III, taking office on 10 August 1929. After the election of 1933 Deckers returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 9 May 1933. Following the cabinet formation of 1933 Deckers continued as Minister of Defence in the Cabinet Colijn II, taking office on 26 May 1933. The Cabinet Colijn II fell on 23 July 1935 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until the cabinet formation of 1935 when it was replaced by ...
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Dirk Jan De Geer
Dirk Jan de Geer (14 December 1870 – 28 November 1960) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 8 March 1926 until 10 August 1929 and from 10 August 1939 until 3 September 1940. Biography Born in Groningen, he was a descendant of the De Geer family. After receiving his J.D. in 1895, De Geer worked as a journalist and acted as the town councillor of Rotterdam (1901–1907). He served from 1907 as a Christian Historical member of Parliament. De Geer was a stable and respected politician before World War II. From 1920 to 1921 de Geer served as mayor of Arnhem. Between 1921 and 1923 he served as Minister of Finance. He resigned in 1923 because of his disagreement with the Naval Law of 1924. From 1925 to 1926 he served as Minister of the Interior and Minister of Agriculture. He was Prime Minister from 8 March 1926 to 10 August 1929. He also se ...
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