Zwolle
Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is o ...
from April 1939 until May 1946 and applied at the
Utrecht University
Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...
in June 1946
majoring
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Bachelor of Laws
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degree in July 1948 and worked as student researcher before graduating with a
Master of Laws
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degree on 13 December 1952. Boertien worked as an office clerk for a printing office in Zwolle from June 1946 until August 1947 and for an insurance company in
Utrecht
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from August 1947 until December 1952. Boertien worked as an accountant for the Institute of Registered Accountants from December 1952 until September 1960. Boertien worked as a
paralegal
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for
Philips
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in
Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,Free University Amsterdam in July 1958 for a
postgraduate education
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in Law and worked as a researcher at the Free University Amsterdam before he got an
doctorate
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Jan Smallenbroek
Jan Smallenbroek (21 February 1909 – 29 September 1974) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and nonprofit director.
Smallenbroek attended the State ...
was appointed as
Minister of the Interior
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frontbencher
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and
spokesperson
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Duties and function
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for
Justice
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,
Law enforcement
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,
Transport
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,
Postal Services
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,
Medical Ethics
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,
Gambling
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Royal Family
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. Boertien was selected as a
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
and dual served in those positions, taking office on 8 May 1967. After the election of 1971 Boertien was appointed as
Minister for Development Cooperation
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in the Cabinet Biesheuvel I, taking office on 14 July 1971. The Cabinet Biesheuvel I fell just one year later on 19 July 1972 after the Democratic Socialists '70 (DS'70) retracted their support following there dissatisfaction with the proposed budget memorandum to further reduce the deficit and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until the first cabinet formation of 1972 when it was replaced by the caretakerCabinet Biesheuvel II with Boertien continuing as Minister for Development Cooperation, taking office on 9 August 1972. After the election of 1972 Boertien returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 7 December 1972 but he was still serving in the cabinet and because of
dualism
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* Mind–body dualism, a philosophical view which holds that mental phenomena are, at least in certain respects, not physical phenomena, or that the mind and the body are distinct and separable from one another
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customs in the
constitutional convention Constitutional convention may refer to:
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*Constitutional convention (political meeting), a meeting of delegates to adopt a new constitution or revise an e ...
of Dutch politics he couldn't serve a
dual mandate
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he subsequently resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives on 7 March 1973. Following the second cabinet formation of 1972 Boertien was not giving a cabinet post in the new
cabinet
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Furniture
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* Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets
* Filing ...
, the Cabinet Biesheuvel II was replaced by the Cabinet Den Uyl on 11 May 1973. Boertien subsequently returned as a Member of the House of Representatives after
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cabinet
Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to:
Furniture
* Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers
* Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets
* Filing ...
Foreign Affairs
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,
Defence
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Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups
* Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare
* Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks
* Defense industr ...
,
European Affairs
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,
Benelux Union
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and deputy spokesperson for Medical Ethics and
Abortion
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.
In December 1974 Boertien was nominated as Queen's Commissioner of Zeeland, he resigned as Member of the House of Representatives the same day he was installed as Queen's Commissioner, serving from 16 January 1975 until 1 August 1992. Boertien also became active in the
private sector
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Employment
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and
public sector
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