Jan Donner (3 February 1891 – 2 February 1981) was a Dutch politician of the defunct
Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the
Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal ( , CDA) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in the Netherlands.
Formed as a federation in 1975 by the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party, and the Christian Historical ...
(CDA) and jurist. He was granted the honorary title of
Minister of State
Minister of state is a designation for a government minister, with varying meanings in different jurisdictions. In a number of European countries, the title is given as an honorific conferring a higher rank, often bestowed upon senior minister ...
on 16 December 1971.
Donner was
Minister of Justice from 1926 to 1933, President of the
Dutch Supreme Court from 1946 to 1961, and was named
Minister of State
Minister of state is a designation for a government minister, with varying meanings in different jurisdictions. In a number of European countries, the title is given as an honorific conferring a higher rank, often bestowed upon senior minister ...
in 1971 for his services to the State.
In 1941 he became member of the
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (, KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam.
In addition to various advisory a ...
.
He was the father of the chess player
Jan Hein Donner and the jurist
André Donner, and the grandfather of the former minister
Piet Hein Donner.
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1891 births
1981 deaths
Anti-Revolutionary Party politicians
Commanders of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Dutch legal writers
20th-century Dutch judges
Dutch political writers
Dutch prisoners of war in World War II
Dutch resistance members
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Ministers of justice of the Netherlands
Ministers of state of the Netherlands
Politicians from Assen
Presidents of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands
Reformed Churches Christians from the Netherlands
Supreme Court of the Netherlands justices
Utrecht University alumni
Academic staff of Utrecht University
World War II prisoners of war held by Germany
World War II civilian prisoners
20th-century Dutch civil servants
20th-century Dutch educators
20th-century Dutch male writers
20th-century Dutch politicians
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