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Dutch politician (1922–2009)

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Chris van Veen
Chris van Veen in 1980

Extraordinary Member of the Council of State
In office 1 February 1985 – 1 January 1993
Vice President	Willem Scholten
Member of the Social and Economic Council
In office 1 September 1973 – 1 November 1984
Chairman	Jan de Pous
Minister for Higher Education and Science Policy
In office 21 July 1972 – 11 May 1973
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel
Preceded by	Mauk de Brauw
Succeeded by	Boy Trip as Minister for Science Policy
Minister of Education and Sciences
In office 6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel
Preceded by	Gerard Veringa
Succeeded by	Jos van Kemenade
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 11 May 1971 – 6 July 1971
Parliamentary group	Christian Historical Union
State Secretary for the Interior
In office 10 May 1967 – 6 July 1971
Prime Minister	Piet de Jong
Preceded by	Theo Westerhout
Succeeded by	Jan van Stuijvenberg

Personal details
Born	Christiaan van Veen (1922-12-19)19 December 1922 Barneveld, Netherlands
Died	9 November 2009(2009-11-09) (aged 86) The Hague, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Other political affiliations	Christian Historical Union (until 1980)
Spouse	Petronilla de Korte (m. 1951)
Alma mater	Free University Amsterdam (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Nonprofit director · Trade association executive

Christiaan "Chris" van Veen (19 December 1922 – 9 November 2009) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) party now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and trade association executive.

Biography

Van Veen worked as a civil servant for the municipality of Den Bommel from February 1940 until September 1945 and for the municipality of Rijswijk from September 1945 until April 1960. Van Veen applied at the Free University Amsterdam in June 1952 majoring in Law and obtaining a Bachelor of Laws degree in July 1953 and graduating with a Master of Laws degree in June 1955. Van Veen worked as a civil servant for the municipality of Hoogeveen as city clerk from April 1960 until October 1964 and for the municipality of Groningen as city clerk from October 1964 until May 1967.

After the election of 1967 Van Veen was appointed as State Secretary for the Interior in the Cabinet De Jong, taking office on 10 May 1967. Van Veen was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1971, taking office on 11 May 1971. Following the cabinet formation of 1971 Van Veen was appointment as Minister of Education and Sciences in the Cabinet Biesheuvel I, taking office on 6 July 1971. The Cabinet Biesheuvel I fell just one year later on 19 July 1972 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity with Van Veen taking over as Minister for Higher Education and Science Policy on 21 July 1972 until it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Biesheuvel II with Van Veen continuing as Minister of Education and Sciences and Minister for Higher Education and Science Policy, taking office on 9 August 1972. In October 1972 Van Veen announced his retirement from national politics and that he would not stand for the election of 1972. The Cabinet Biesheuvel II was replaced by the Cabinet Den Uyl following the cabinet formation of 1972 on 11 May 1973.

Van Veen semi-retired from national politics and became active in the public sector, in August 1973 Van Veen was nominated as a trade association executive for the Industry and Employers' association, serving as Vice Chairman from 1 September 1973 until 1 January 1974. In December 1974 Van Veen was nominated as Chairman of the Industry and Employers' association serving from 1 January 1974 until 1 November 1984. Van Veen was nominated as an Extraordinary Member of the Council of State, serving from 1 February 1985 until 1 January 1993. Van Veen remained active in the public sector and continued to occupied numerous seats as a nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (Radio Netherlands Worldwide and the Centre for European Policy Studies) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Public Pension Funds APB, Raad voor Cultuur, SEO Economic Research and the Social and Economic Council) . Van Veen was known for his abilities as a manager and consensus builder. Van Veen continued to comment on political affairs until his death at the age of 86.

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	30 April 1984	Elevated from Officer (8 June 1973)

References

"Cookies op bd.nl - bd.nl". www.brabantsdagblad.nl.
"Ten Slotte Chris van Veen 1922-2009 - Binnenland - PAROOL". Het Parool.

External links

(in Dutch) Mr. Ch. (Chris) van Veen Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded byTheo Westerhout	State Secretary for the Interior 1967–1971	Succeeded byJan van Stuijvenberg
Preceded byGerard Veringa	Minister of Education and Sciences 1971–1973	Succeeded byJos van Kemenade
Preceded byMauk de Brauw	Minister for Higher Education and Science Policy 1972–1973	Succeeded byBoy Trip as Minister for Science Policy
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded byUnknown	Vice Chairman of the Executive Board of the Industry and Employers' association 1973–1974	Succeeded byUnknown
Preceded byUnknown	Chairman of the Executive Board of the Industry and Employers' association 1974–1984	Succeeded byKees van Lede

v t e Ministers without portfolio of the Netherlands
Cabinet of the Netherlands
Interior	Burger Van Schaik Teulings Albregts De Bruijn Van Boxtel De Graaf Pechtold Nicolaï Leers Blok Van Veldhoven Bijleveld De Jonge
Foreign Affairs	Van Verduynen Van Roijen Van Kleffens Luns
Justice	Nawijn Verdonk Dekker Weerwind
Economic Affairs	Jetten
Health	Rouvoet Bruins Van Rijn Van Ark Helder Dijkstra
Social Affairs	Schouten
Education	De Brauw Van Veen Trip Peijnenburg Ginjaar Van Trier Slob Wiersma Paul
Agriculture	Van der Wal
Housing	Vogelaar Van der Laan Van Middelkoop
Colonial Affairs	Soejono Götzen

v t e Ministers of education of the Netherlands
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
De Visser Rutgers Waszink Terpstra Marchant Slotemaker de Bruine Schrieke Bolkestein Van der Leeuw Gielen Rutten Cals Klompé Cals Klompé Bot Diepenhorst Veringa Van Veen Van Kemenade Pais Van Kemenade Deetman Braks Ritzen Hermans Van der Hoeven Plasterk Rouvoet Van Bijsterveldt Bussemaker Van Engelshoven Dijkgraaf Bruins

v t e State secretaries for the interior of the Netherlands
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Schmelzer Bot Westerhout Van Veen Van Stuijvenberg Polak Koning Stuiveling Van Leijenhorst Van Amelsvoort De Graaff-Nauta Van de Vondervoort Kohnstamm De Vries Hessing Bijleveld Knops Van Huffelen Szabó Van Marum

v t e Second Biesheuvel cabinet (1972–1973)
Preceded: First Biesheuvel cabinet Succeed: Den Uyl cabinet
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Roelof Nelissen (Finance) Molly Geertsema (Interior)
Ministers	Norbert Schmelzer (Foreign Affairs) Dries van Agt (Justice) Harrie Langman (Economic Affairs) Hans de Koster (Defence) Louis Stuyt (Health and Environment) Jaap Boersma (Social Affairs) Chris van Veen (Education and Sciences) Bé Udink (Transport and Water Management and Housing and Spatial Planning) Pierre Lardinois (Agriculture and Fisheries) (1972–1973) Jaap Boersma (Agriculture and Fisheries) (Ad interim) Piet Engels (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Pierre Lardinois (Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1972–1973) Molly Geertsema (Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (from 1973) Kees Boertien (Development Cooperation) Chris van Veen (Higher Education and Science Policy)
State Secretaries	Tjerk Westerterp (Foreign Affairs) Willem Scholten (Finance) Fons van der Stee (Finance) Hans Grosheide (Justice) Jan Oostenbrink (Economic Affairs) Adri van Es (Defence) (1972) Koos Rietkerk (Social Affairs) Kees Schelfhout (Education and Sciences) Roelof Kruisinga (Transport and Water Management) Werner Buck (Housing and Spatial Planning) Henk Vonhoff (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

v t e First Biesheuvel cabinet (1971–1972)
Preceded: De Jong cabinet Succeed: Second Biesheuvel cabinet
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Roelof Nelissen (Finance) Molly Geertsema (Interior)
Ministers	Norbert Schmelzer (Foreign Affairs) Dries van Agt (Justice) Harrie Langman (Economic Affairs) Hans de Koster (Defence) Louis Stuyt (Health and the Environment) Jaap Boersma (Social Affairs) Chris van Veen (Education and Sciences) Willem Drees Jr. (Transport and Water Management) (1971–1972) Bé Udink (Transport and Water Management) (from 1972) Pierre Lardinois (Agriculture and Fisheries) Bé Udink (Housing and Spatial Planning) Piet Engels (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Roelof Nelissen (Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1971–1972) Pierre Lardinois (Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (from 1972) Kees Boertien (Development Cooperation) Mauk de Brauw (Higher Education and Science Policy) (1971–1972) Chris van Veen (Higher Education and Science Policy) (from 1972)
State Secretaries	Jan van Stuijvenberg (Interior) (1971–1972) Tjerk Westerterp (Foreign Affairs) Willem Scholten (Finance) Fons van der Stee (Finance) Hans Grosheide (Justice) Jan Oostenbrink (Economic Affairs) Adri van Es (Defence) Koos Rietkerk (Social Affairs) Kees Schelfhout (Education and Sciences) Roelof Kruisinga (Transport and Water Management) Werner Buck (Housing and Spatial Planning) Fia van Veenendaal-van Meggelen (Culture, Recreation and Social Work) (1971–1972) Henk Vonhoff (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

v t e De Jong cabinet (1967–1971)
Preceded: Zijlstra cabinet Succeed: First Biesheuvel cabinet
Prime Minister	Piet de Jong (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Johan Witteveen (Finance) Joop Bakker (Transport and Water Management and Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs)
Ministers	Henk Beernink (Interior) Joseph Luns (Foreign Affairs) Carel Polak (Justice) Leo de Block (Economic Affairs) (1967–1970) Johan Witteveen (Economic Affairs) (Ad interim) Roelof Nelissen (Economic Affairs) (from 1970) Willem den Toom (Defence) Bauke Roolvink (Social Affairs and Health) Gerard Veringa (Education and Sciences) Pierre Lardinois (Agriculture and Fisheries) Wim Schut (Housing and Spatial Planning) Marga Klompé (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Minister without portfolio	Bé Udink (Aid to Developing Countries)
State Secretaries	Chris van Veen (Interior) Hans de Koster (Foreign Affairs) Ferd Grapperhaus (Finance) Klaas Wiersma (Justice) Louis van Son (Economic Affairs) Joop Haex (Defence) Adri van Es (Defence) Bob Duynstee (Defence) Roelof Kruisinga (Social Affairs and Health) Hans Grosheide (Education and Sciences) Mike Keyzer (Transport and Water Management) Hein van de Poel (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

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