Cornelis Felix van Maanen

Felix Cornelis van Maanen ( born September 9, 1769 in The Hague, † February 14, 1846 ) was a Dutch statesman.

He studied law in Leiden, was a lawyer in his native town, and later Attorney General. King Louis Bonaparte appointed him in 1806 to the Minister of Justice, Napoléon Bonaparte in 1810 to the Council of State and President of the Appellhofs in The Hague. With flexibility to finding in every change of government, he was appointed in 1814 by King William I as President of the Assembly of Notables and 1815 to Justice Minister of the new Kingdom of the Netherlands. He gained great contributions to the legislation, but made ​​himself, hated by his severity in political processes and its efforts to introduce the Dutch language by his dislike of liberal reforms and particularly in Belgium. As he advised the king to reject all concessions to the Belgians, he led the Belgian revolution brought about with. Released only after the abdication of Wilhelm I in 1842, he died on 14 February 1849.

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  • Minister of Justice (Netherlands)
  • Minister of State (Netherlands)
  • Politician ( Dutch history )
  • Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences
  • Netherlander
  • Born in 1769
  • Died in 1846
  • Man
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