Louis Josephus Maria van de Laar (24 December 1921 – 25 January 2004) was a Dutch politician of the defunct
Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and historian.
Education
Van de Laar attended the
minor seminary in
Sint-Michielsgestel and subsequently the (a
gymnasium) in
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
. In 1939, he started studying at the
Radboud University Nijmegen, where he obtained master's degrees in history and economics in 1947. He continued his studies in history from 1945 to 1946 at the
Sorbonne and
École pratique des hautes études (Paris).
Career
After finishing his studies, van de Laar became a history teacher and then
rector
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*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
at several secondary schools. From 1963 to 1965, he was
state secretary at the
Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science in the
Marijnen cabinet
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for the
Catholic People's Party. Through this function, he became one of the founders of the
Dutch Language Union.
In October 1965, he became mayor of
Bergen op Zoom, where he remained until his retirement in 1981.
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and General Electric Plastics to build large production centres in Bergen op Zoom and initiated the restoration of the city palace City Palace may refer to:
* City Palace, Berlin, Germany
* City Palace, Brunswick, Germany
* City Palace, Potsdam, Germany
* Wiesbaden City Palace, Germany
* Schloss Weimar, Germany
* City Palace, Jaipur, India
* City Palace, Udaipur, India
* Myso ...
, the .
Awards
Van de Laar received the following awards:
* Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion[
* Grand Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau][
* Knight in the Order of St. Gregory the Great][
* Krijgt de Taalunieprijs]
References
External links
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Drs. L.J.M. (Louis) van de Laar
Parlement & Politiek
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1921 births
2004 deaths
Catholic People's Party politicians
Christian Democratic Appeal politicians
Dutch critics
Dutch education writers
20th-century Dutch historians
Dutch music educators
Dutch Roman Catholics
Grand Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Knights of St. Gregory the Great
Mayors of Bergen op Zoom
People from 's-Hertogenbosch
Radboud University Nijmegen alumni
State Secretaries for Education of the Netherlands
20th-century Dutch educators
20th-century Dutch male writers
20th-century Dutch politicians