Franciscus Gerardus Cornelis Josephus Marie "Frans" Teulings (15 November 1891 – 23 June 1966) was a Dutch politician of the defunct

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(RKSP) and later co-founder of the

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(KVP) now merged into the

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(CDA) party and economist. Teulings worked as student researcher at the

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June 1916 until July 1918. Teulings worked for the publishing company ''C.N. Teulings'' in

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from August 1918 until September 1929 and as COO from November 1920 until September 1929. Teulings was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1929, taking office on 17 September 1929. In May 1937 Teulings was nominated as Chairman of the supervisory board of the '' Catholic Radio Broadcasting'' serving from 10 May 1937 until 18 May 1940. On 10 May 1940

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invaded the Netherlands and the

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fled to

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to escape the

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. During

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Teulings continued to serve as a Member of the House of Representatives but in reality the ''

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'' political influence of the House of Representatives was marginalized. During the

Teulings worked as an education administrator for the board of education of the '' Our Secondary Education association'' and as Chairman from 11 July 1941 until 20 September 1949. Following the end of

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ordered a Recall of Parliament and Teulings remained a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 20 November 1945. On 22 December 1945 the Roman Catholic State Party was renamed as the Catholic People's Party, Teulings was one of the co-founders and became one of the unofficial Deputy Leader of the Catholic People's Party. Teulings was selected as

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of the Catholic People's Party in the House of Representatives following the appointment of

Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers (14 February 1883 – 1 January 1978) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) and later co-founder of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Demo ...

as a Member of the Council of State, taking office on 1 April 1946. After the election of 1946 the Leader of the Catholic People's Party Carl Romme was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives and took over as Parliamentary leader on 4 June 1946. Teulings was elected as a Member of the Senate after the Senate election of 1948, he resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives the day he was installed as a Member of the Senate, taking office on 27 July 1948. Teulings was appointed as

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in the Cabinet Drees-Van Schaik following the appointment of

Johan van Maarseveen Johannes Henricus "Johan" van Maarseveen (3 August 1894 – 18 November 1951) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) and later the Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CD ...

as Minister of Colonial Affairs, taking office on 20 September 1949. The Cabinet Drees-Van Schaik fell on 24 January 1951 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until the cabinet formation of 1951 when it was replaced by Cabinet Drees I with Teulings appointed as

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and Minister for Civil Defence, taking office on 15 March 1951. Teulings served again as acting Minister of the Interior from 18 November 1951 until 6 December 1951 following the death of

. In June 1952 Teulings announced that he would not stand for the election of 1952 but wanted to return to the Senate. After the Senate election of 1952 Teulings returned as a Member of the Senate, serving from 15 July 1952 until his resignation on 3 May 1957. Following the cabinet formation of 1952 Teulings per his own request asked not to be considered for a cabinet post in the new cabinet, the Cabinet Drees I was replaced by the Cabinet Drees II on 2 September 1952. Teulings also became active in the

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and worked as COO and Vice Chairman of the Board of directors of

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''CEBEMA'' in 's-Hertogenbosch from November 1952 until December 1961. Teulings was known for his abilities as a consensus builder and

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. Teulings continued to comment on political affairs until his death.

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