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Dutch politician (1809–1879)

His ExcellencyPieter Philip van Bosse


13th Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 4 June 1868 – 4 January 1871
Monarch	William III
Preceded by	Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt
Succeeded by	Johan Rudolph Thorbecke

Personal details
Born	(1809-12-16)16 December 1809 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	21 February 1879(1879-02-21) (aged 69) The Hague, Netherlands
Spouse	Maria Johanna Reijnvaan
Children	5, including Marie
Alma mater	Amsterdamse Atheneum

Pieter Philip van Bosse (16 December 1809 – 21 February 1879) was a Dutch liberal politician. Serving as minister of Finance in six cabinets throughout the middle of the 19th century, Van Bosse led many reforms that liberalised the Dutch economy. He led a cabinet himself as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 4 June 1868 to 4 January 1871.

Early life and education

Pieter Philip van Bosse was born in Amsterdam, to an insurance broker and his wife. Three of his siblings died at a young age, and his father died when he was eleven years old, after which his mother successfully took over the brokerage firm. He attended the Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam, and studied Roman and Contemporary Law in Leiden from 20 May 1829 to 25 January 1834.

After his graduation, Van Bosse settled in Weesp as a manufacturer before returning to Amsterdam to work as a lawyer. In 1845, he was appointed referendary of the import and export rights department of the Ministry of Finance, he position he would retain for three years.

Political career

On 3 June 1848, Van Bosse was appointed Minister of Finance. At the time, most of the state's revenue came from excises, and Van Bosse's attempts to introduce a limited income tax and an interest tax proved unsuccessful. Under the premiership of Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Van Bosse introduced reforms that liberalised the economy. A strong supporter of free trade, he procured the right of transit and discontinued levy on shipping rights on the Rhine and the IJssel. He reformed the coinage by introducing the silver standard and a simpler system of nickels, dimes, quarters, half guilders and rijksdaalders. Moreover, he reformed the postal system, establishing a government monopoly of postal service. Van Bosse's first ministership came to an end in 1853 with the fall of Thorbecke's cabinet.

Van Bosse was elected to the House of Representatives for the constituency of Rotterdam on 14 June 1853, and was re-elected in 1856. In his five years in opposition, he consistently insisted on tax reform and warned for excessive government expenditure. Moreover, Van Bosse won a seat in the municipal council of The Hague in 1857, which he would give up one year later. He served another term as minister of Finance from 12 March 1858 to 22 February 1860. This term was marked by the introduction of inheritance tax. In 1860, Van Bosse returned to the House of Representatives for Zutphen, only to serve a third term as minister of Finance from 10 February to 1 June 1866.

On 3 June 1868, Van Bosse started another term as minister of finance in a cabinet formed by Thorbecke as formateur. However, Thorbecke did not proceed to lead the cabinet, and Van Bosse himself headed the cabinet as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, an office later dubbed prime minister. As prime minister, Van Bosse executed a policy based on financial solidity. The cabinet was responsible for the abolition of the death penalty and the discontinuation of levy on newspapers, stimulating the newspaper industry. When several ministers in the cabinet resigned for different reasons in late 1870, Van Bosse was forced to resign as prime minister. On 4 January 1871, he was succeeded by Thorbecke.

Van Bosse was given the honorary title of Minister of State in 1872. However, to his surprise, Van Bosse was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs at the age of 68. Due to conflict in Aceh, disagreements within the cabinet and the House of Representatives regarding the Dutch East Indies and his tense relation with the Governor General of the colony, Van Bosse was unable to achieve much. He ceased to be minister in 1872, but served another term as minister of Colonial Affairs from 1877. Van Bosse died in office, on 21 February 1879.

Private life

Van Bosse married Maria Johanna Reijnvaan in Amsterdam on 6 May 1836. The couple had two sons and three daughters. One daughter, Marie Bilders-van Bosse, became a famous landscape painter.

References

^ "Pieter Philip van Bosse, machtige boekhouder". Elsevier (in Dutch). 31 March 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
^ "Mr. P.Ph. (Pieter) van Bosse". Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 July 2015.
^ "Bosse, Peter Philip van". Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 July 2015.

External links

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Political offices
Preceded byPieter Adrianus Ossewaarde	Minister of Finance 1848–1853	Succeeded byElisa Cornelis Unico van Doorn
Preceded byAgnites Vrolik	Minister of Finance 1858–1860	Succeeded byBaron van Hall
Preceded byNicolaas Olivier	Minister of Finance 1866	Succeeded byCount Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis
Preceded byThe Count van Zuylen van Nijevelt	Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1868–1871	Succeeded byJohan Rudolph Thorbecke
Preceded byCount Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis	Minister of Finance 1868–1871	Succeeded byPieter Blussé van Oud-Alblas
Preceded byLodewijk Gerard Brocx	Minister of Colonial Affairs 1871-1872	Succeeded byIsaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte
Preceded byFokko Alting Mees	Minister of Colonial Affairs 1877-1879	Succeeded byHendrikus Octavius Wichers

v t e Prime ministers of the Netherlands
Schimmelpenninck De Kempenaer Thorbecke Van Hall Van der Brugghen Rochussen Van Hall Ja. Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Heemstra Thorbecke Fransen van de Putte Ju. Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Bosse Thorbecke De Vries J. Heemskerk Kappeyne van de Coppello Van Lynden van Sandenburg J. Heemskerk Mackay Van Tienhoven Roëll Pierson Kuyper De Meester T. Heemskerk Cort van der Linden Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Colijn De Geer Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Colijn De Geer Gerbrandy Schermerhorn Beel Drees Beel De Quay Marijnen Cals Zijlstra De Jong Biesheuvel Den Uyl Van Agt Lubbers Kok Balkenende Rutte Schoof
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v t e Ministers of Colonial Affairs of the Netherlands (1848–1945)
Rijk Baud Van den Bosch Pahud Mijer Rochussen Lotsy* Van Kraaijenburg Loudon Uhlenbeck Betz* Van de Putte Mijer Trakranen Hasselman De Waal Brocx Van Bosse Van de Putte Van Oldenaller Mees Van Bosse Wichers* Van Rees Van Oldenaller De Brauw Willem Frederik van Erp Taalman Kip* Franciscus Gerard van Bloemen Waanders August Willem Philip Weitzel* Jacobus Petrus Sprenger van Eyk Levinus Wilhelmus Christiaan Keuchenius Æneas Mackay Willem Karel van Dedem Jacob Hendrik Bergsma Jacob Theodoor Cremer Titus van Asch van Wijck Johannes Willem Bergansius* Idenburg Fock Heemskerk* Idenburg De Waal Malefijt Pleyte Rambonnet* Pleyte Idenburg De Beerenbrouck* De Graaff Colijn* Welter Koningsberger De Graaff Colijn Welter Cornelis van den Bussche Welter Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy Van Mook *denotes interim

v t e Ministers of finance of the Netherlands
Ministry of Finance
Schimmelpenninck Van Bosse Ossewaarde Van Bosse Van Doorn Van Hall Vrolik Van Bosse Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis Van Bosse Blussé van Oud-Alblas Van Delden Van der Heim Gleichman Vissering Van Lynden van Sandenburg Grobbée Bloem Godin de Beaufort Pierson Sprenger van Eyk Pierson Van Tecklenburg De Meester Kolkman Bertling Treub Van Gijn Treub De Vries De Geer Colijn De Geer Oud De Wilde Colijn Bodenhausen De Geer Welter Steenberghe Albarda Van den Broek Huysmans Lieftinck Drees Van de Kieft Hofstra Zijlstra Witteveen Vondeling Zijlstra Witteveen Nelissen Duisenberg Andriessen Van Aardenne Van der Stee Ruding Kok Zalm Wijers Zalm Hoogervorst Zalm Bos De Jager Dijsselbloem Hoekstra Kaag Van Weyenberg Heinen

v t e Ministers of the interior of the Netherlands
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Gogel Van Stralen Mollerus Van Leyden van Westbarendrecht Twent van Raaphorst Van der Capellen Van Stralen Röell De Coninck Van Gobbelschroy De la Coste Van Doorn van Westcapelle De Kock Schimmelpenninck van der Oye Van der Heim van Duivendijke Vollenhoven Van Randwijck Van der Heim van Duivendijke Luzac De Kempenaer Thorbecke Van Reenen Simons Van Rappard Van Tets van Goudriaan Van Heemstra Thorbecke J. Geertsema J. Heemskerk Fock Thorbecke Van Bosse J. Geertsema J. Heemskerk Kappeyne van de Coppello Six Pijnacker Hordijk J. Heemskerk Mackay De Savornin Lohman Tak van Poortvliet Van Houten Goeman Borgesius Kuyper Rink T. Heemskerk Cort van der Linden De Beerenbrouck De Geer Kan De Beerenbrouck De Wilde Boeijen Burger Van Boeijen Beel Witteman Van Maarseveen Van Schaik Teulings Van Maarseveen Teulings Beel Van Oven Suurhoff Struycken Toxopeus Smallenbroek Samkalden Verdam Beernink M. Geertsema De Gaay Fortman Wiegel Van Thijn Rood Rietkerk Korthals Altes De Korte Van Dijk De Koning Van Dijk Dales Hirsch Ballin Van Thijn De Graaff-Nauta Dijkstal Peper Van Boxtel De Vries Remkes Ter Horst Hirsch Ballin Donner Spies Plasterk Blok Plasterk Ollongren Knops Ollongren Bruins Slot De Jonge Uitermark

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