Gerard Veringa
Gerhard " Gerard " Heinrich Veringa ( born April 13, 1924 in Groningen, † December 29, 1999 in Rijswijk, South Holland province ) was a Dutch university teacher and politician from the Katholieke Volkspartij (CIP ) and later the Christian - Democratisch Appèl (CDA ), the among others, Minister for Education and Science, as well as over twenty years as a member of the State Council ( Raad van State ) was.
Life
Study and career
After visiting the Hogere Burger School in Groningen Veringa studied 1945-1946 one years law at the University of Groningen, before 1946, the subject moved and until 1947 Political and Social Sciences studied at Fordham University in New York City. After completing this study in 1947 with a Master of Arts (MA), he remained at Fordham University and graduated in August 1949 his PhD Philosophiae Doctor ( Ph.D.) in the subject of empirical social research with a thesis entitled The Sociological School of Criminology from.
After Veringa 1949 briefly as a lecturer at Manhattan College in New York City worked, he returned to the Netherlands and was, between December 1949 and February 1952 initially Assistant to PJ Bouman at the University of Groningen, before he followed up in January 1952 an official in the Department of the prison system in the Ministry of Justice was. Subsequently, he was appointed acting director of the special prison for young men in Zutphen and then was between October 1955 and March 1962 Head of Central Training Institute for the prison system in The Hague. He was also from November 1959 and January 1964 consultant for scientific work in the Ministry of Justice and by January 1964 of October 1961 Acting Director of the Directorate for the prison system in the Ministry of Justice.
He then became a lecturer in 1964 first penal law at the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, where he taught then from September 1965 to April 1967 penal law as an adjunct professor. At the same time, between January 1964 and April 1967 consultant in the permanent service of the Ministry of Justice and from July 1966 to April 1967 there Director of Criminal Law reforms. In this capacity, he coordinated the activities of the Directorate of the prison system and the main departments and rehabilitation care in cases of psychopathy.
MP and Minister
Veringa, chairman of the CIP in Dordrecht was, began his political career in local politics and was between September 1958 and April 1967 Member of the Municipal Council of Rijswijk. At the same time he was between 1965 and April 1967 Member of the party executive of the CIP.
On April 5, 1967 Veringa was appointed by Prime Minister Piet de Jong to the Minister for Education and Science in his cabinet and had occupied this position until the end of de Jong's term of office on 6 July 1971. During this time he received the Golden Medal of Honour of the City of Maastricht for his efforts to strengthen the Medical Faculty of the University of Maastricht.
In the parliamentary elections on 28 April 1971, he was selected as the top candidate of the CIP as a member of the Second Chamber of the States General, and was one of these until his resignation for health reasons on 1 January 1972. During this period he was also Chairman of the Group of CIP in the Second Chamber and, as such, the political leader of his party.
On April 17, 1971 Veringa was appointed Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.
On 1 February 1972 he was appointed by Royal Decree Veringa of Queen Juliana as a member of the State Council ( Raad van State ), and was one of this constitutional body to advise the government for 22 years until May 1, 1994. In this role, he worked in 1977 as Informateur in - ultimately unsuccessful - to form a second government of Joop den Uyl.
In addition, since August 1972, he was Chairman of the Center for staatsbürgerschaftliche education, a scientific institute of the CIP.
Due to its long-standing political services he was also first appointed commander and later on 22 December 1993 Grand Officer of the Order of Orange -Nassau on 28 April 1978.