Theodorus "Theo" Heemskerk (20 July 1852 – 12 June 1932) was a Dutch politician of the
Anti-Revolutionary Party
The Anti-Revolutionary Party ( nl, Anti-Revolutionaire Partij, ARP) was a Protestant conservative and Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1879 by Abraham Kuyper, a neo-Calvinist theologian and m ...
(ARP) who served as
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
The prime minister of the Netherlands ( nl, Minister-president van Nederland) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands. Although the monarch is the ''de jure'' head of government, the prime minister ''de facto'' ...
from 12 February 1908 until 29 August 1913.
Heemskerk is particularly known as the founder of the Dutch
poverty
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and
vaccination
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laws. His father
Jan Heemskerk
Jan Heemskerk Abrahamszoon (; 30 July 1818 – 9 October 1897) was a Dutch politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1874 to 1877, and again from 1883 to 1888. His son, Theo Heemskerk also served as Chairman of the Counc ...
also served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
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1852 births
1932 deaths
Anti-Revolutionary Party politicians
Commanders of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Delft University of Technology alumni
Dutch jurists
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Leiden University alumni
Members of the Council of State (Netherlands)
Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
Members of the Provincial Council of North Holland
Ministers of Colonial Affairs of the Netherlands
Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands
Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands
Ministers of State (Netherlands)
Municipal councillors of Amsterdam
Politicians from Utrecht (city)
Prime Ministers of the Netherlands
Reformed Churches Christians from the Netherlands
19th-century Dutch civil servants
19th-century Dutch lawyers
19th-century Dutch politicians
20th-century Dutch civil servants
20th-century Dutch lawyers
20th-century Dutch politicians
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