Jan Willem de Pous (23 January 1920 – 6 January 1996) was a Dutch politician of the defunct

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(CHU) party now merged into the

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(CDA) party and economist. De Pous attended the

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from June 1935 until June 1938 and applied at the

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in June 1939 majoring in

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and obtaining an

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degree before leaving the University during the

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in April 1942 and joined the Dutch resistance against the German occupiers and worked as a journalist for the

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'' Trouw'' from April 1942 until January 1946. Following the end of

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De Pous returned to the

in July 1945 and also worked as a researcher before graduating with a

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degree in July 1947. De Pous applied at the

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in July 1947 for a

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and obtained a Master of Financial Economics degree in November 1949. De Pous worked as a trade association executive for the Christian Employers' association (NCW) served as General-Secretary from 1 November 1949 until 1 January 1953 and as an associate professor of

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at the University of Amsterdam from 1 January 1953 until 1 December 1958. On 8 October 1958 De Pous was nominated as Member of the Council of State, taking office on 1 December 1958. After the election of 1959 De Pous was appointed as Minister of Economic Affairs in the Cabinet De Quay, taking office on 19 May 1959. In February 1963 De Pous announced that he would not stand for the election of 1963. Following the cabinet formation of 1963 De Pous was not giving a cabinet post in the new

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, the Cabinet De Quay was replaced by the Cabinet Marijnen on 24 July 1963. De Pous remained in active politics, in April 1964 De Pous was nominated as Chairman of the Social and Economic Council (SER), serving from 1 May 1964 until 1 February 1985. De Pous also became active in the

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and

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and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards ( Overloon War Museum, Institute for Multiparty Democracy, ProDemos and the

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) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government ( Cals-Donner Commission, Mine Council, Council for Culture and

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