Jacob Pieter Pompejus, Baron

van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Zuylen van Nijevelt ( is a noble family from the region of Rotterdam, town and region where several members of the family played a significant role. The head of the family is the Count van Zuylen van Nijevelt; the rest of the family bears t ...

(29 June 1816 – 4 November 1890) was a Dutch

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who served as

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of the Netherlands from 1852 to 1853, and again in 1861. During his second term as minister, he was also the chairman of the

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, an office now known as

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. Later, he was representative of the Netherlands in Paris.

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1816 births 1890 deaths Prime Ministers of the Netherlands Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Ministers of State (Netherlands) Independent politicians in the Netherlands Dutch members of the Dutch Reformed Church People from Dordrecht Barons of the Netherlands {{Netherlands-politician-stub

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