Henricus Antonius Cornelis Marie "Harrij" Notenboom (31 August 1926 – 9 August 2023) was a Dutch politician. He served as member of the

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from 1963 to 1979 and in the

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from 1971 to 1984. Notenboom was a member of the

Catholic People's Party The Catholic People's Party ( nl, Katholieke Volkspartij, KVP) was a Catholic Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1945 as a continuation of the Roman Catholic State Party, which was a continuation of ...

and later 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-Revolutionary ...

when the former had merged into it in 1980. As financial specialist of the Catholic People's Party he was influential in the , which led to the fall of the

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. Notenboom criticized the budget as proposed by Cals.

Career

Notenboom was born in

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on 31 August 1926. He was adjunct secretary of the Nederlandse Rooms-Katholieke Middenstandsbond from September 1952 to January 1956. He subsequently served as director of the Katholieke Limburgse Middenstandsbond until 1969. In 1988 he obtained his title of

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in economic sciences with a thesis on budget law of the European Parliament. Notenboom was (professor not paid by University funds) of problematics of small and medium-sized enterprises between 1991 and 1994 at

Eindhoven University of Technology The Eindhoven University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven), abbr. TU/e, is a public technical university in the Netherlands, located in the city of Eindhoven. In 2020–21, around 14,000 students were enrolled in its BSc a ...

. Notenboom died on 9 August 2023, at the age of 96.

References

External links

Profile on Parlement.com

{{DEFAULTSORT:Notenboom, Harrij 1926 births 2023 deaths Catholic People's Party MEPs Catholic People's Party politicians Christian Democratic Appeal MEPs Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Academic staff of the Eindhoven University of Technology Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) MEPs for the Netherlands 1958–1979 MEPs for the Netherlands 1979–1984 Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Commanders of the Order of Orange-Nassau People from Roosendaal