Jacobus Mattheüs de Kempenaer (6 July 1793 – 12 February 1870) was a Dutch politician and lawyer who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from November 1848 to November 1849. He served as a member of the

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, chairman of the board of Commerce for Arnhem, a member of the city board, and a member of the Provincial States of

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. Initially in the House of Representatives, de Kempenaer was considered a liberal. In 1844, he was among nine men to propose amending the

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. De Kempenaer was appointed to the Constitution Commission headed by

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in 1848, and as

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. He soon became ''de facto'' Prime Minister, playing an important role in the revision of the national Constitution. He resigned his offices in 1849 and subsequently became a conservative, opposing Thorbecke.

Family

De Kempenaer was married in

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on 19 August 1818 to Arnoldina Jacoba Gerlings (1796–1871). They had three sons and three daughters.

References

* Nederland's Patriciaat, 39 ('s-Gravenhage 1953), 155. NP * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kempenaer, Jacob De 1793 births 1870 deaths Dutch members of the Dutch Reformed Church Leiden University alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands Lawyers from Amsterdam People from Arnhem Prime Ministers of the Netherlands Politicians from Amsterdam