Johannes van den Broek (26 October 1882,

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– 22 October 1946,

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) was a businessman and Dutch minister of finance from 1942 to 1945. He was chairman of the Biliton Company in the

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from 1931, and in 1942 he was appointed minister of finance of the

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. In 1944-45 he also was minister of economic affairs.

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Biography (in Dutch)
1882 births 1946 deaths Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands Ministers of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands Dutch civil servants Dutch civil engineers Dutch people of World War II Politicians from Haarlem Independent politicians in the Netherlands Dutch people of the Dutch East Indies {{Netherlands-politician-stub