Jacques Drielsma

Jacques Adam Drielsma[lower-alpha 1] (14 October 1886 – 31 July 1974) was a Surinamese lawyer and notary who served as acting Prime Minister of Suriname in 1951, and Finance minister between 1949 and 1952. In 1957, he was sentenced to two years in prison for embezzlement.

Jacques Drielsma
Prime Minister of Suriname (acting)
In office
5 April 1951 – 4 June 1951
MonarchQueen Juliana
Preceded byJulius Caesar de Miranda
Succeeded byJan Buiskool
Minister of Finance
In office
3 June 1949 – Jan 1952
Personal details
Born
Jacques Adam Drielsma

(1886-10-14)14 October 1886
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died31 July 1974(1974-07-31) (aged 87)
Paramaribo, Suriname
Political partyIndependent politician
SpouseGeorgine Wildeboer (1919–his death)[1]

Biography
Drielsma's notary office. Later used by the Chamber of Commerce

Drielsma was born on 14 October 1886 in Amsterdam from a Surinamese mother and a Frisian father.[3] After receiving his praktizijn (non-academic law degree) in Suriname in 1916, he started to work as a lawyer.[4] On 1 June 1926, he became a notary and successor to Da Costa who had retired.[5]

Drielsma was first elected to the Colonial States in 1923.[6] and served until 1930.[7] On 27 June 1949, he became Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Julius Caesar de Miranda.[8] In January 1952, he resigned due to a conflict of interest, because the Vervuurts Bank of which he was a commissioner was in bankruptcy court.[9]

On 5 April 1951, he was appointed acting Prime Minister of Suriname,[10] and served until 4 June 1951, when he was succeeded by Jan Buiskool.[11]

Drielsma's notary office went bankrupt in 1956[12] with a debt of ƒ 1.15 million[13] (about US$6.2 million in 2021[14]). His notary office also acted as a mortgage bank where people could deposit their money at interest. About 400 people had an account at his office.[12] On 27 July 1957, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment for embezzlement.[13][15]

Drielsma died on 31 July 1974 in Paramaribo, at the age of 87.[16]

Honours

Notes
  1. Also written as Jaques.[2]

References
  1. "Advertentie". De West via Delpher.nl (in Dutch). 23 November 1919. Retrieved 22 December 2021. Mentioned, because his obituary is difficult to find.
  2. "Korte levensschets van de nieuwe landsministers". Het nieuws Algemeen Dagblad via Delpher.nl (in Dutch). 7 April 1951. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  3. "Amsterdam City Archives 1921-1925 part 73". OpenArch.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  4. "Installatie". De Suriname : koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad (in Dutch). 14 December 1923. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  5. "Notaris met verlof". De Surinamer : nieuws- en advertentieblad (in Dutch). 16 May 1926. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  6. "Lid Koloniale Staten". Suriname : koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad (in Dutch). 14 December 1923. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. "Verkiezingen van Kol.Staten". Het Vaderland (in Dutch). 14 February 1930. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  8. "Drielsma CAB-lid". Het nieuws Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 29 June 1949. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  9. "Surinaamse minister neemt zijn ontslag" (in Dutch). 31 January 1952. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  10. "Een regeringsraad in Suriname" (in Dutch). 6 April 1951. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  11. Lila Gobardhan-Rambocus (1998). Johan Adolf Pengel en de geest van zijn tijd. Paramaribo: Firgos Suriname. ISBN 99914-935-2-2. Archived from the original on 2007-03-10.
  12. "Het ontslag van notaris DRIELSMA houdt in Suriname de gemoederen bezig". Amigoe di Curacao (in Dutch). 14 December 1956. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  13. "Oud-notaris krijgt 2 jaar gevangenisstraf wegens verduistering". Overijsselsch dagblad (in Dutch). 30 July 1957. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  14. "US Inflation correction". Coin News Media Group. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  15. "Verduistering". Amigoe di Curacao (in Dutch). 29 July 1957. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  16. "Jaques Adam Drielsma". Vrije Stem via Delpher.nl (in Dutch). 1 August 1974. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  17. "Onderscheidingen". De standaard (in Dutch). 30 August 1930. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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