Jan van den Brink

Johannes Roelof Maria "Jan" van den Brink (12 April 1915 – 19 July 2006) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman.[1] He was minister of Economic Affairs in three successive governments from 1948 till 1952. At several occasions he turned down an offer to become prime minister.

Jan van den Brink
Jan van den Brink in 1948
Minister of Economic Affairs
In office
20 January 1948  2 September 1952
Prime MinisterLouis Beel (1948)
Willem Drees (1948–1952)
Preceded bySicco Mansholt (Ad interim)
Succeeded byJelle Zijlstra
Member of the Senate
In office
27 July 1948  12 August 1948
In office
20 November 1945  20 January 1948
Parliamentary groupCatholic People's Party
(1945–1948)
Roman Catholic
State Party
(1945)
Personal details
Born
Johannes Roelof Maria van den Brink

(1915-05-12)12 May 1915
Laren, Netherlands
Died19 July 2006(2006-07-19) (aged 91)
Hilversum, Netherlands
Political partyChristian Democratic Appeal
(from 1980)
Other political
affiliations
Catholic People's Party
(1945–1980)
Roman Catholic
State Party
(1933–1945)
Spouse
Anneke van den Brink
(m. 1946; died 1998)
Children4 daughters
Alma materTilburg University
(Bachelor of Economics, Master of Economics, Doctor of Philosophy)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Economist · Researcher · Financial adviser · Financial analyst · Businessman · Banker · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Painter · Art collector · Author · Professor

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon barHonourCountryDateComment
Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown Belgium 1 July 1952
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Netherlands 12 April 1955
Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre Holy See 30 September 1962
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour France 10 December 1968
Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands 30 April 1977 Elevated from Commander (30 September 1952)
Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great Holy See 1 May 1981

References

  1. "J. v.d. Brink (1915-2006)" (in Dutch). DigiBron. 20 July 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
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