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Jan van Aartsen
Jan van Aartsen in 1965

Queen's Commissioner of Zeeland
In office 1 June 1965 – 1 October 1974
Monarch	Juliana
Preceded by	Guus de Casembroot
Succeeded by	Kees Boertien
Minister of Housing and Construction
In office 19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963
Prime Minister	Jan de Quay
Preceded by	Herman Witte
Succeeded by	Pieter Bogaers
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 20 March 1959 – 19 May 1959
Minister of Transport and Water Management
In office 24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965
Prime Minister	Victor Marijnen
Preceded by	Henk Korthals
Succeeded by	Ko Suurhoff
In office 1 November 1958 – 19 May 1959
Prime Minister	Willem Drees (1958) Louis Beel (1958–1959)
Preceded by	Herman Witte (ad interim)
Succeeded by	Henk Korthals

Personal details
Born	Johannes van Aartsen (1909-09-15)15 September 1909 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	3 February 1992(1992-02-03) (aged 82) Vlissingen, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Other political affiliations	Anti-Revolutionary Party (until 1980)
Spouse	Klaasje Stap (m. 1946)
Children	Jozias van Aartsen (born 1947)
Alma mater	Free University Amsterdam (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Lawyer · Trade association executive

Johannes "Jan" van Aartsen (Dutch pronunciation: [joːˈɦɑnə ˈɕɑɱ vɑn ˈaːrtsə(n)]; 15 September 1909 – 3 February 1992) was a Dutch jurist and politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP).

Van Aartsen applied at the Free University Amsterdam in June 1931 majoring in law and obtaining a Bachelor of Laws degree before graduating with a Master of Laws degree in July 1936. Van Aartsen worked as a lawyer in The Hague from August 1936 until October 1944. On 10 May 1940 Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands and the government fled to London to escape the German occupation. During World War II, Van Aartsen continued to work as a lawyer. He worked as a trade association executive for the Christian Employers' association (NCW) from October 1944 until September 1949 and served as General-Secretary from July 1947 until September 1949. Van Aartsen also served on the Municipal Council of The Hague from May 1948 until November 1958 and served as an Alderman in The Hague from September 1949 until November 1958. Van Aartsen was appointed as Minister of Transport and Water Management in the Drees III cabinet following the resignation of Jacob Algera, taking office on 1 November 1958. The Drees III cabinet fell on 11 December 1958 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the caretaker Beel II cabinet with Van Aartsen continuing as Minister of Transport and Water Management, taking office on 22 December 1958. Van Aartsen was elected to the House of Representatives in the 1959 general election, taking office on 20 March 1959. Following the cabinet formation of 1959, Van Aartsen was appointed as Minister of Housing and Construction in the De Quay cabinet, taking office on 19 May 1959. In December 1962 Van Aartsen announced that he would not stand for the 1963 general election. Following the cabinet formation of 1963, Van Aartsen was again appointed as Minister of Transport and Water Management in the Marijnen cabinet, taking office on 24 July 1963. The Marijnen cabinet fell on 27 February 1965 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until the cabinet formation of 1965, Van Aartsen was not giving a cabinet post in the new Cals cabinet, which took office on 14 April 1965.

Van Aartsen remained in active politics, in May 1965 Van Aartsen was nominated as Queen's Commissioner of Zeeland, serving from 1 June 1965 until 1 October 1974.

Career

Van Aartsen was a lawyer in The Hague and a member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party. He became minister of Transportation and Water Management of the Netherlands in November 1958, at the end of the fourth Drees cabinet. From 1959 to 1963, he served as minister of Housing and the Construction Industry in the De Quay cabinet. Under De Quay's successor Victor Marijnen, Van Aartsen returned to the post of Transportation and Water Management. In 1965, Van Aartsen was appointed Queen's Commissioner of the province of Zeeland, where he would remain until 1974.

Personal life

Van Aartsen was the father of Jozias van Aartsen, who became foreign minister of the Netherlands in 1998. He died at age 82 in 1992 and is buried at Zorgvlied cemetery.

Decorations

Honours
Honour	Country	Date
Commander of the Order of Leopold II	Belgium	12 July 1962
Officer of the Legion of Honour	France	14 August 1964
Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	20 April 1965
Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	1 October 1974

Notes

In isolation, the words are pronounced [joːˈɦɑnəs], [ˈjɑn], [vɑn] and [ˈaːrtsə(n)].

References

Mr. J. (Jan) van Aartsen Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch)

External links

Political offices
Preceded byHerman Witte Ad interim	Minister of Transport and Water Management 1958–1959	Succeeded byHenk Korthals
Preceded byHerman Witte	Minister of Housing and Construction 1959–1963	Succeeded byPieter Bogaers
Preceded byHenk Korthals	Minister of Transport and Water Management 1963–1965	Succeeded byKo Suurhoff
Preceded byGuus de Casembroot	Queen's Commissioner of Zeeland 1965–1974	Succeeded byKees Boertien
Business positions
Preceded byUnknown	General-Secretary of the Christian Employers' association 1947–1949	Succeeded byUnknown

v t e King's and Queen's commissioners of Zeeland
Provinces of the Netherlands
Schorer Van Doorn van Westcapelle Van Vredenburch Van Tets van Goudriaan Van Heemstra Van Lynden Six Van Karnebeek De Brauw Roest Dijckmeester Quarles van Ufford Dieleman De Casembroot Quarles van Ufford De Casembroot Van Aartsen Boertien Van Gelder Peijs Polman

v t e Ministers of housing and spatial planning of the Netherlands
Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning
Ringers Vos Neher 't Veld Witte Van Aartsen Bogaers Witte Schut Udink Gruijters Beelaerts van Blokland Tuijnman Van Dam Nypels Winsemius Nijpels Alders De Boer Pronk Kamp Dekker Peijs Winsemius Cramer Huizinga Keijzer

v t e Ministers of transport and water management of the Netherlands
Ministry of Transport and Water Management
Lely De Marez Oyens Kraus Veegens Kraus Bevers Talma Regout Lely König Van Swaay Bongaerts Van der Vegte Reymer Kalff Colijn Van Lidth de Jeude Van Buuren Van Lidth de Jeude Albarda Wijffels Tromp S. Van Schaik Vos J. Van Schaik Spitzen Wemmers Algera Witte Van Aartsen Korthals Van Aartsen Suurhoff Bogaers Suurhoff De Quay Bakker Drees Jr. Udink Westerterp Tuijnman Zeevalking Kroes Maij-Weggen Andriessen Jorritsma Netelenbos De Boer Peijs Eurlings

v t e Marijnen cabinet (1963–1965)
Preceded: De Quay cabinet Succeed: Cals cabinet
Prime Minister	Victor Marijnen (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel (Agriculture and Fisheries and Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs)
Ministers	Edzo Toxopeus (Interior) Joseph Luns (Foreign Affairs) Johan Witteveen (Finance) Ynso Scholten (Justice) Koos Andriessen (Economic Affairs) Piet de Jong (Defence) Gerard Veldkamp (Social Affairs and Health) Theo Bot (Education, Arts and Sciences) Jan van Aartsen (Transport and Water Management) Pieter Bogaers (Housing and Construction) Jo Schouwenaar-Franssen (Social Work)
State Secretaries	Leo de Block (Foreign Affairs) Isaäc Nicolaas Diepenhorst (Foreign Affairs) Willem Hendrik van den Berge (Finance) Joop Bakker (Economic Affairs) Joop Haex (Defence) Adri van Es (Defence) Willem den Toom (Defence) José de Meijer (Social Affairs and Health) Louis Bartels (Social Affairs and Health) Hans Grosheide (Education, Arts and Sciences) Louis van de Laar (Education, Arts and Sciences) Mike Keyzer (Transport and Water Management)

v t e De Quay cabinet (1959–1963)
Preceded: Second Beel cabinet Succeed: Marijnen cabinet
Prime Minister	Jan de Quay (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Henk Korthals (Transport and Water Management and Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs)
Ministers	Edzo Toxopeus (Interior) Joseph Luns (Foreign Affairs) Jelle Zijlstra (Finance) Albert Beerman (Justice) Jan de Pous (Economic Affairs) Sidney J. van den Bergh (Defence) (1959) Jan de Quay (Defence) (Ad interim) Sim Visser (Defence) (from 1959) Charles van Rooy (Social Affairs and Health) (1959–1961) Victor Marijnen (Social Affairs and Health) (Ad interim) Gerard Veldkamp (Social Affairs and Health) (from 1961) Jo Cals (Education, Arts and Sciences) (1959–1961) Marga Klompé (Education, Arts and Sciences) (1961–1962) (Ad interim) Jo Cals (Education, Arts and Sciences) (1962–1963) Marga Klompé (Education, Arts and Sciences) (from 1963) (Ad interim) Victor Marijnen (Agriculture and Fisheries) Jan van Aartsen (Housing and Construction) Marga Klompé (Social Work)
State Secretaries	Norbert Schmelzer (General Affairs) Theo Bot (Interior) Hans van Houten (Foreign Affairs) Willem van den Berge (Finance) Gerard Veldkamp (Economic Affairs) (1959–1961) Frans Gijzels (Economic Affairs) (from 1961) Michael Calmeyer (Defence) Piet de Jong (Defence) Bauke Roolvink (Social Affairs and Health) Ynso Scholten (Education, Arts and Sciences) Gerard Stubenrouch (Education, Arts and Sciences) (1959–1962) (†) Harry Janssen (Education, Arts and Sciences) (from 1962) Eddie Stijkel (Transport and Water Management)

v t e Second Beel cabinet (1958–1959)
Preceded: Third Drees cabinet Succeed: De Quay cabinet
Prime Minister	Louis Beel (General Affairs and Social Affairs and Health)
Deputy Prime Minister	Teun Struycken (Interior, Property and Public Sector Organisations and Justice)
Ministers	Joseph Luns (Foreign Affairs) Jelle Zijlstra (Finance and Economic Affairs) Kees Staf (War and Navy and Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies) Jo Cals (Education, Arts and Sciences) Jan van Aartsen (Transport and Water Management) Herman Witte (Housing and Construction) Marga Klompé (Social Work) Gerard Helders (Colonial Affairs)
State Secretaries	Norbert Schmelzer (Interior, Property and Public Sector Organisations) Gerard Veldkamp (Economic Affairs) Harry Moorman (Navy) René Höppener (Education, Arts and Sciences)

v t e Third Drees cabinet (1956–1958)
Preceded: Second Drees cabinet Succeed: Second Beel cabinet
Prime Minister	Willem Drees (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Teun Struycken (Interior, Property and Public Sector Organisations)
Ministers	Ko Suurhoff (Interior) (Ad interim) Joseph Luns (Foreign Affairs) Henk Hofstra (Finance) Ivo Samkalden (Justice) Jelle Zijlstra (Economic Affairs) Kees Staf (War and Navy) Ko Suurhoff (Social Affairs and Health) Jo Cals (Education, Arts and Sciences) Jacob Algera (Transport and Water Management) (1956–1958) Herman Witte (Transport and Water Management) (Ad interim) Jan van Aartsen (Transport and Water Management) (1958) Sicco Mansholt (Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies) (1956–1958) Kees Staf (Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies) (Ad interim) Anne Vondeling (Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies) (1958) Herman Witte (Housing and Construction) Marga Klompé (Social Work) Kees Staf (Colonial Affairs) (Ad interim) Gerard Helders (Colonial Affairs)
State Secretaries	Norbert Schmelzer (Interior, Property and Public Sector Organisations) Ernst van der Beugel (Foreign Affairs) Gerard Veldkamp (Economic Affairs) Ferdinand Kranenburg (War) (1956–1958) Meine van Veen (War) (1958) Harry Moorman (Navy) Aat van Rhijn (Social Affairs and Health) Anna de Waal (Education, Arts and Sciences) (1956–1957) René Höppener (Education, Arts and Sciences) (1956–1957)

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