Theodorus Heemskerk (20 July 1852 – 12 June 1932) was a Dutch politician of the
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) who served as
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
The president of the Council of Ministers (sometimes titled chairman of the Council of Ministers) is the most senior member of the cabinet in the executive branch of government in some countries. Some presidents of the Council of Ministers are t ...
from 12 February 1908 until 29 August 1913.
Heemskerk's time in politics saw the modernization of the country's poor law.
Samenwerken in zorg – een kleine geschiedenis JAN DIRK SNEL12 juni 2020
/ref> His father Jan Heemskerk
Jan Heemskerk Abrahamszoon (; 30 July 1818 – 9 October 1897) was a Dutch politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1874 to 1877, and again from 1883 to 1888. His son, Theo Heemskerk also served as Chairman of the Cou ...
also served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers.
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Mr. Th. (Theo) Heemskerk
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1852 births
1932 deaths
Anti-Revolutionary Party politicians
Commanders of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Delft University of Technology alumni
19th-century Dutch jurists
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Leiden University alumni
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Members of the Provincial Council of North Holland
Ministers of colonial affairs of the Netherlands
Ministers of the interior of the Netherlands
Ministers of justice of the Netherlands
Ministers of state of the Netherlands
Municipal councillors of Amsterdam
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19th-century Dutch civil servants
19th-century Dutch lawyers
19th-century Dutch politicians
20th-century Dutch civil servants
20th-century Dutch lawyers
20th-century Dutch politicians
Children of prime ministers of the Netherlands
20th-century Dutch jurists
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