Carolus Maria Joannes Franciscus (Carel) Goseling (10 June 1891,

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– 14 April 1941,

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) was a Dutch lawyer and politician for the

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(RKSP). Goseling was a member of the

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from 1929 to 1937 and subsequently Minister of Justice from 1937 to 1939. He died aged 49 in

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Decorations

* Knight of the

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