Roelof Johannes Nelissen (4 April 1931 – 18 July 2019) was a Dutch politician of the defunct

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(KVP) now merged into the

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Biography

Nelissen attended a Gymnasium in

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from April 1943 until May 1949 and applied at the

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in June 1950 majoring in

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obtaining a

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degree in June 1952 before graduating with a

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degree in July 1956. Nelissen was

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in the

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of the Royal Netherlands Army serving as a Sergeant from September 1956 until October 1957. Nelissen worked as a trade association executive for the Catholic Business association from December 1956 until September 1968 and served as Deputy General-Secretary of the Executive Board from December 1956 until June 1962 and General-Secretary of the Executive Board from June 1962 until September 1968. Nelissen was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1963, taking office on 5 June 1963 serving as a

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chairing the special parliamentary committee for Right of Inquiries for Companies and

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for

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, Housing and Spatial Planning, Small business and deputy spokesperson for

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. Nelissen was appointed Minister of Economic Affairs in the Cabinet De Jong following the resignation of Leo de Block, taking office on 14 January 1970. After the election of 1971 Nelissen returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 11 May 1971. Following the cabinet formation of 1971 Nelissen was appointed

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and Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs in the Cabinet Biesheuvel I, taking office on 6 July 1971. On 28 January 1972 Nelissen resigned as Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs following the appointment of

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Pierre Lardinois. The Cabinet Biesheuvel I fell just one year later on 19 July 1972 following the withdrawal of the

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(DS'70) because of their dissatisfaction with the proposed budget memorandum to further reduce the deficit and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until the first cabinet formation of 1972 when it was replaced by the

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Cabinet Biesheuvel II with Nelissen continuing as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, taking office on 9 August 1972. After the election of 1972 Nelissen again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 7 December 1972 but he was still serving in the cabinet and because of dualism customs in the constitutional convention of Dutch politics he couldn't serve a dual mandate. He subsequently resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives on 7 March 1973. Following the second cabinet formation of 1972 Nelissen was not given a cabinet post in the new cabinet, the Cabinet Biesheuvel II was replaced by the Cabinet Den Uyl on 11 May 1973. Nelissen retired from national politics and became active in the

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. In September 1973 he was named as a financial adviser for the

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, in September 1979 he was named as Chief financial officer (CFO) and Vice Chairman of the Board of directors for the AMRO Bank, in April 1983 he was appointed

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CEO and Chairman of the Board of directors for the AMRO Bank. In 1991 the AMRO Bank and the General Bank of the Netherlands (ABN) chose to

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to form the

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with Nelissen appointed CEO and Chairman of the Board of directors from April 1991 until December 1992.

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