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Hein Vos
Hendrik "Hein" Vos (5 July 1903 – 23 April 1972) was a Dutch politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands), Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (PvdA) and economist. Biography Vos attended a Gymnasium (school), gymnasium in Heerenveen from April 1917 until May 1921 and applied at the Delft University of Technology, Delft Institute of Technology in June 1921, Major (academic), majoring in Electrical engineering and obtaining a Bachelor of Engineering degree in June 1923 before graduating with a Master of Engineering degree in July 1927. Vos worked as a civil servant for the List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Deventer from July 1927 until September 1928 and for the Netherlands Patent Office of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands), Ministry of Economic Affairs from September 1928 until July 1934. Vos served on the Municipal council (Netherlands), municipal council of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ministers Of Housing Of The Netherlands
The minister of housing and spatial planning () is the head of the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning and a member of the cabinet of the Netherlands and the Council of Ministers (Netherlands), Council of Ministers. The current minister is Mona Keijzer of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB), who has been in office since 2 July 2024 and is additionally serving as fourth Deputy prime minister of the Netherlands, deputy prime minister. List of ministers of housing List of ministers without portfolio List of state secretaries for housing The position of state secretary for housing was created by the first Biesheuvel cabinet. The portfolios of state secretaries for housing have included public housing, spatial planning, urban planning and environmental policy. See also * List of ministers of infrastructure of the Netherlands References {{DEFAULTSORT:List of ministers of housing of the Netherlands Lists of government ministers of the Netherlands, Housin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Council Of State (Netherlands)
The Council of State () is a constitutionally established advisory body in the Netherlands to the Cabinet of the Netherlands, government and States General of the Netherlands, States General that officially consists of members of the royal family and Crown-appointed members generally having political, commercial, diplomatic or military experience. It was founded in 1531, making it one of the world's oldest still-functioning state organisations. The Council of State must be consulted by the cabinet on proposed legislation before a law is submitted to parliament. The Council of State Administrative Law division also serves as one of the four highest courts of appeal in administrative matters. The King of the Netherlands, King is president of the Council of State but he seldom chairs meetings. The Vice-President of the Council of State chairs meetings in his absence and is the ''de facto'' major personality of the institution. Under Dutch constitutional law, the Vice-President of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Van Schaik
Josephus Robertus Hendricus "Josef" van Schaik (31 January 1882 – 23 March 1962) was a Dutch politician of the Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) and later co-founder of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and jurist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 15 March 1951. Van Schaik worked as a teacher at a middle school in Arnhem from 1905 until 1906. He worked as a lawyer and prosecutor in Arnhem from 1906 until 1919, served as a judge at the court of Arnhem from 1910 until 1919, and worked as a lawyer and prosecutor in The Hague from 1919 until 1933. Van Schaik became a member of the House of Representatives after the death of Joseph van Nispen tot Sevenaer, taking office on 20 February 1917. After the 1929 general election, Van Schaik was elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives, taking office on 18 September 1929. Following the 1933 general election, Van Schaik was appointed as Minister of Justice in the Colijn II cabinet, taking office on 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aar Van De Werfhorst
The Aare () or Aar () is the main tributary of the High Rhine (its discharge even exceeds that of the latter at their confluence) and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland. Its total length from its source to its junction with the Rhine comprises about , during which distance it descends , draining an area of , almost entirely within Switzerland, and accounting for close to half the area of the country, including all of Central Switzerland. There are more than 40 hydroelectric plants along the course of the Aare. The river's name dates to at least the La Tène period, and it is attested as ''Nantaror'' "Aare valley" in the Berne zinc tablet. The name was Latinized as ''Arula''/''Arola''/''Araris''. Course The Aare rises in the great Aargletschers (Aare Glaciers) of the Bernese Alps, in the canton of Bern and west of the Grimsel Pass. The Finsteraargletscher and Lauteraargletscher come together to form the Unteraargletscher (Lower Aar G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands)
The Social Democratic Workers' Party (, SDAP) was a socialism, socialist political party in the Netherlands existing from 1894 to 1946. Originating from a split in the prior Social Democratic League, the party was a predecessor of the current Social democracy, social democratic Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party. History 1893–1904 The SDAP was founded by members of the Social Democratic League (SDB) after a conflict between anarchist and reformism, reformist factions. During the SDB party conference of 1893 in Groningen, a majority voted to stop participating in the elections. They were afraid that the parliamentary work would drift the socialists away from what socialism was really about. A minority of members led by Pieter Jelles Troelstra tried to prevent this, and later left the party in order to found a new party. The foundation of a new party was controversial within the socialist movement, because Troelstra was seen as a bourgeois force who had destroyed the unity of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wassenaar
Wassenaar (; population: in ) is a municipality and town located in the province of South Holland, on the western coast of the Netherlands. An affluent suburb of The Hague, Wassenaar lies north of that city on the N44/A44 highway near the North Sea coast. It is part of the Haaglanden region and the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area. The municipality covers an area of , of which is covered by water. Wassenaar is home to some of the Netherlands' richest residential neighborhoods as well as the country's most expensive street, the ''Konijnenlaan''. History By tradition, the 12th-century Romanesque church in Wassenaar is the spot where the Northumbrian missionary Willibrord landed in the Netherlands; the high dunes to the west were not formed until later. Wassenaar long remained an unremarkable small town, known only as the home of the House of Wassenaer. It only began to gain prominence in the 19th century when Louis Bonaparte ordered the construction of the ''Hee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tijnje
Tijnje () is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,510 in January 2017. There are two windmills in the village, Boezemmolen and De Deelen. The latter is a tjasker. History The village was first mentioned in 1718 as "Winie Tinie, Luxter Tinie", and means "willow braided fence". Tijnje developed around 1870 as a peat excavation village. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1890. The Reformed Churches is a concrete building from 1921, and is an early concrete building. Tijnje was home to 14 people in 1840. The local car dealer started a collection of old Opel Opel Automobile GmbH (), usually shortened to Opel, is a German automobile manufacturer which has been a subsidiary of Stellantis since 16 January 2021. It was owned by the American automaker General Motors from 1929 until 2017 and the PSA Gr ... cars. The collection of 55 cars is at display at the Opel Oldtimer museum in Tijnje. Gal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Representatives (Netherlands)
The House of Representatives ( , literally "Second Chamber of the States General", or simply ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General of the Netherlands, States General, the other one being the Senate (Netherlands), Senate. It has 150 seats, which are filled through Elections in the Netherlands, elections using party-list proportional representation. The house is located in the Binnenhof in The Hague; it has temporarily moved to the former building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Bezuidenhoutseweg 67 in The Hague while the Binnenhof is being renovated. Name Although the body is officially called the "House of Representatives" in English, it is not a direct translation of its official Dutch name, the "Second Chamber of the States General", "Second Chamber" or more colloquially just the "Chamber". Rather than "representative" (''afgevaardigde''), a member of the House is referred to as ''(Tweede) Kamerlid'', or "mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerardus Huysmans
Gerardus Wilhelmus Maria Huijsmans (later known as Huysmans) (29 April 1902 – 18 March 1948) was a Dutch politician. Huijsmans was born in Eindhoven. He was Dutch Minister for Finance in 1945 and Minister of the Economy from 1946 to 1948. He died in The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ..., aged 45. SourcesHUIJSMANS, Gerardus Wilhelmus Maria (1902-1948)at historici.nl 1902 births 1948 deaths Catholic People's Party politicians Dutch bankers Ministers of economic affairs of the Netherlands Ministers of finance of the Netherlands People from Eindhoven 20th-century Dutch economists {{Netherlands-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Gispen
Johannes Hendrik (Hans) Gispen (1905 – 1968) was a Dutch politician. Before he entered politics he was a director of Organon International, Organon. References *Parlement.com biography 1905 births 1968 deaths Anti-Revolutionary Party politicians 20th-century Dutch businesspeople 20th-century Dutch civil servants 20th-century Dutch economists Dutch people of World War II Erasmus University Rotterdam alumni Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Ministers of agriculture of the Netherlands Ministers of economic affairs of the Netherlands People from Baarn {{Netherlands-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Schermerhorn
Willem "Wim" Schermerhorn (; 17 December 1894 – 10 March 1977) was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 25 June 1945 until 3 July 1946. He was a member of the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) and later co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA). According to Harry W. Laidler, the government under Schermerhorn's premiership "achieved important results in the fields of labor, finance, housing, old age pensions, and the social services". Early life Willem Schermerhorn was born on 17 December 1894 in Akersloot in the Dutch province of North Holland. He grew up in a Protestant family of farmers. He became professor of land surveying and geodesy at the Delft University of Technology on 7 September 1926. He was a leader in photogrammetry and founder of the International Training Centre for Aerial Survey. The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing has offers an award in memory of Schermerhorn. Schermerhorn remained professor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
