Theodoor Hendrik "Theo" Joekes (1 September 1923, in

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– 16 March 1999, in The Hague) was a Dutch journalist, writer and politician.

Life

Joekes was son of PvdA-Minister Adolf Marcus Joekes. He began his career at the BBC and was London correspondent of the newspaper NRC. Later he became correspondent of the

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and

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. In 1964 he graduated from the

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. From 1963 to 1989 he was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands. Because of his independent attitude in the RSV committee he came in conflict with the party leadership, but in 1986 retained his seat when he received over 250,000 preferential votes. In 1989 he retracted himself from the list of candidates for the VVD, after again being placed in an ineligible position. Joekes suffered from a

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with

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, for which he received medication from 1973.''Man en Paard: herinneringen'', hoofdstuk 34, 1996, 383 p., De Feniks Pers - Meppel,

Books

Radio play for the Dutch section of the BBC: * Christmas at the South Pole (1948) Detectives Novels: * Murder in the Ridderzaal (1980) * Murder at De Horst (1981) * Murder at the Voorhout (1981) * Quintuple murders (1982) * Clover murder (1986)

References

1923 births 1999 deaths Dutch male writers Dutch public relations people Dutch politicians convicted of crimes Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Writers from The Hague People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians Journalists from The Hague {{Netherlands-VVD-politician-stub