Jan Antoon Hubert "Jean" Hendriks (18 August 1925 – 6 January 2015) was a Dutch politician. He served as a member of the Senate of the Netherlands between 1981 and 1991 for 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 ...

. He spent most of his working life at the Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij, including ten years as its director.

Career

Hendriks was born on 18 August 1925 in Valkenburg. His father was the head of a primary school who would later serve in the States of Limburg. Hendriks followed his primary school education in

Berg en Terblijt Berg en Terblijt (; li, Berg or ) is the official Dutch name of a village in the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul in the province of Limburg in the Southern part of the Netherlands. History The area now known as Berg en Terblijt has b ...

. For his high school education he went to the Henric van Veldeke College in nearby

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

, which he finished in May 1943. The next year Hendriks joined the regiment Stoottroepen of Limburg, which he was member of until the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. After the war Hendriks went to the National Agricultural College in

Wageningen Wageningen () is a municipality and a historic city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specialises in life sciences. The municipality had a population of in , of which many ...

to study Dutch agriculture. He obtained his degree in 1950. He continued studying agricultural sciences and obtained a doctorate in 1956. Between 1950 and 1956 Hendriks worked for the Welvaartsfonds Suriname where he worked on a project concerning Lelydorp. Hendriks worked in various positions for the Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij (NHM) between 1957 and 1983. The first six years he was stationed in Congo and later Belgium. Between 1973 and 1983 he was director of the Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij association, which had been split off from the commercial part of the NHM. Hendriks subsequently became director of the International Institute for Land Reclamation, which he would stay until September 1990. During the 1970s Hendriks also served as chairman of the Nederlands Instituut van Landbouwkundig Ingenieurs (Netherlands Institute of Agricultural Engineers). On 10 June 1981 Hendriks became member of the Senate for the

. In the Senate he became the party spokesperson for higher education and agriculture. He served until 11 June 1991. Hendriks was made an officer in the

Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau ( nl, Orde van Oranje-Nassau, links=no) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has ...

on 29 April 1992. He died on 6 January 2015 in

Oosterbeek Oosterbeek is a village in the eastern part of Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Renkum in the province of Gelderland, about west of Arnhem. The oldest part of Oosterbeek is the Benedendorp (Lower Village), on the northern bank ...

, aged 89.

References

External links

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Parlement.com biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hendriks, Jean 1925 births 2015 deaths Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Members of the Senate (Netherlands) Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau People from Valkenburg aan de Geul Royal Netherlands Army personnel of World War II Wageningen University and Research alumni