Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (22 March 1822 – 3 March 1902) was a Dutch politician who briefly served as

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in 1866, and as Minister of Colonial Affairs from 1863 to 1866 and 1872 to 1874.

Career

Fransen van de Putte received training as an officer at the Royal Naval College in Medemblik and then worked for 10 years on the merchant ships of

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shipowner Anthony van Hoboken, where he rose to the position of mate. In 1849, he became an administrator at the sugar plantation Panji to Besuki on

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. He eventually returned to the Netherlands and became a member of parliament in 1862. After a year of Chamber membership, in 1863 he became Minister of Colonial Affairs. In his first term, he worked on the abolition of the

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. In 1866, Fransen van de Putte had a disagreement with

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about colonial land policies. He joined Thorbecke's cabinet but was dismissed. In 1872, Fransen van de Putte returned to the cabinet of Gerrit de Vries. He served as a cabinet member during the

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from 1873 to 1874. He and expedition commander

Jan van Swieten Johannes (Jan) van Swieten (Mainz, 28 May 1807 – The Hague, 9 September 1888) was a Dutch General and politician. History Van Swieten started his career in 1821 as an volunteer and started as a cadet in 1822, in 1824 became a second Lieutenant. ...

criticized the often bloody and inhumane treatment of civilians, ranging from large-scale execution to deliberate destruction of livestock and rice fields in Sumatra. He tried in vain to mediate the conflict between the king and his eldest son,

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. This issue arose again in 1877 when he joined the cabinet of

Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello Joannes "Jan" Kappeyne van de Coppello (2 October 1822 – 28 July 1895) was a Dutch liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1877 to 1879. Career Career before politics After attending the public primary schoo ...

. He asked that the ministry decide against the king before a wedding of the crown prince to Countess Mathilde van Limburg-Stirum. The former, however, did not go far.

Personal life

On 28 March 1850, in Delft, Fransen van de Putte married Lucie Henriette Cornets de Groot. He is buried in the cemetery at Old Oak Dunes in

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. The Dutch ship was named after him.

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Parlement.com biography
1822 births 1902 deaths Commanders of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Dutch members of the Dutch Reformed Church Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Members of the Senate (Netherlands) Ministers of Colonial Affairs of the Netherlands Ministers of the Navy of the Netherlands People from Goes Prime Ministers of the Netherlands {{Netherlands-politician-stub