Jan Smallenbroek (21 February 1909 – 29 September 1974) was a Dutch politician of the defunct

Anti-Revolutionary Party The Anti-Revolutionary Party (, ARP) was a Protestant conservative and Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1879 by Abraham Kuyper, a neo-Calvinist theologian and minister who served as Prime Mi ...

(ARP) now merged into the

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(CDA) party and nonprofit director.

Biography

Smallenbroek attended the Rijks Hogere Burgerschool (Assen) in

Assen Assen () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in ...

from April 1926 until May 1931. Smallenbroek worked as a civil servant for the

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Ooststellingwerf Ooststellingwerf (; Stellingwarfs: ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It is one of the municipalities of Friesland where Stellingwarfs dialect, Stellingwerfs, a dialect o ...

from May 1931 until July 1936 and for the municipality of

Elburg Elburg () is a municipality and a city in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. History There is evidence of a Neolithic settlement at Elburg consisting of stone tools and pottery shards. From Roman times there are names and shards of earthenw ...

from July 1936 until April 1941. Smallenbroek served on the

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of Elburg from September 1939 until September 1941 and served as an Alderman in Elburg at the same time. On 10 May 1940

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the Netherlands and the

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fled to

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to escape the

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. Smallenbroek served as acting Mayor of Elburg from 1 April 1940 until 15 May 1940. Smallenbroek joined the

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against the German occupiers in May 1940. Smallenbroek worked as a civil servant for the municipality of Assen from September 1941 until April 1942 and as a tax collector for the

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of the

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from April 1942 until January 1944. On 12 January 1944 Smallenbroek was arrested by the

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and detained in a

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and was released on 5 May 1945. Following the end of

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Queen Wilhelmina ordered a

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and Smallenbroek was appointment as a Member of the House of Representatives taking the place of Willem Wagenaar, taking office on 20 November 1945 serving as a

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and the '' de facto''

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. After the election of 1946 Smallenbroek wasn't reelected and he continued to serve until the end of the parliamentary term on 4 June 1946. Smallenbroek served on the Provincial-Council of

Drenthe Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Jan ...

from 19 June 1946 until 14 April 1965 and as a member of the

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of Drenthe at the same time. After the election of 1956 Smallenbroek returned as Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 6 November 1956 serving as a frontbencher and

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for the Interior,

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and Civil Service. After the election of 1963 the Leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party and

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of the Anti-Revolutionary Party in the House of Representatives Barend Biesheuvel was appointed as

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and Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs in the Cabinet Marijnen, the Anti-Revolutionary Party leadership approached Smallenbroek as his successor as Parliamentary leader, Smallenbroek accepted and became the Parliamentary leader, taking office on 24 July 1963. On 27 February 1965 the Cabinet Marijnen fell and continued to serve in a

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capacity until the cabinet formation of 1965 when it was replaced with the Cabinet Cals with Smallenbroek appointed as

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, taking office on 14 April 1965. On 31 August 1966 Smallenbroek resigned following a

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accident due to

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. Smallenbroek remained in active in national politics, in August 1967 he was nominated as a Member of the Council of State, taking office on 1 September 1967. In June 1967 Smallenbroek was diagnosed with

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cancer, he died four months later at the age of 65. Smallenbroek was known for his abilities as a

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and ''policy wonk''.

Decorations

References

External links

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