Johannes (Hans) Linthorst Homan (17 February 1903 – 6 November 1986) was a Dutch politician and diplomat. He was born in

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to the patrician Linthorst Homan family, the son of Jan Tijmens Linthorst Homan. He studied law in Leiden, and started practising in Assen in 1926. He joined the Liberal Freedom League and in 1937 was a candidate for

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. He became the Queen's Commissioner for

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. During the German occupation, he sought to resign his position in September 1940, but had to remain in post until August 1941. He had been a co-founder of the Dutch Union in 1940, before it was closed in favour of the

Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging The National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands ( nl, Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging in Nederland, ; NSB) was a Dutch fascist and later Nazi political party that called itself a " movement". As a parliamentary party participating in leg ...

in 1941. Later in the war he was arrested and then released. Following the war, he was prevented from continuing in his previous post, but took up other public positions including being chairman of the Dutch Olympic Committee. He became Director for integration in the External Economic Affairs Directorate General in June 1952. He contributed to the failed Beyen plan and then participated in the Messina conference, leading the Dutch delegation which ended up with his signature of the

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. He later became the first permanent representative to the EEC and ECSC. From 1968 to 1971 he was the European Communities representative in London. He died in Rome in 1986.Dr. J. Linthorst Homan
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1903 births 1986 deaths 20th-century Dutch diplomats Dutch people of World War II Grand Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau King's and Queen's Commissioners of Groningen Leiden University alumni Liberal State Party politicians People from Assen Members of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community {{Netherlands-bio-stub