Henk Beernink

Hendrik " Henk " Karel January Beernink ( born February 2, 1910 in Maarssen, Utrecht, † August 22 1979 in Rijswijk, South Holland province ) was a Dutch politician of the Historic Christelijk - Unie ( CHU ), the more than twenty years as a member of the second Chamber of the States General, and from 1967 to 1971 was Minister of the Interior.

Life

Studies, professional activities and party functionary

After visiting the Protestant primary schools in Maarssen and Dordrecht visited Beernink from 1922 to June 1928, the Community High School of Dordrecht and then completed a degree in law at the State University of Utrecht, which he completed in January 1932.

He then began his career as a civil servant in local government and was the first employee at the Secretariat of the municipality Papendrecht and then 1935-1939 Head of the Tax Office of the Municipality of Almelo. Already at that time he engaged in the CHU CHU and in 1935 Secretary of the Association in Papendrecht and belonged until 1940 to the Executive Board of the Youth Association of the CHU to.

After that, he was between 1939 and 1945 head of the main and the Legal Office of the municipality Rijswijk and then there after the end of World War II from 1945 to April 1967 municipal secretary.

Deputy, CHU - Chairman and Minister

In 1945 he became chairman of the Party Court of the CHU Dordrecht and then took over from January 1946 to July 1958 the Office of the Party secretary of the CHU.

In June 1946, he was first elected as a candidate of the CHU as a member of the Second Chamber of the States General, and was one of more than twenty years to April 1967. During this time he was between July 1956 and May 1963 Deputy Chairman of the Group.

On April 29, 1958 Beernink was appointed Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.

On 9 July 1958, he was elected Chairman of the CHU and held that office until March 19, 1966. Beernink which each top candidate of the CHU in the parliamentary elections was at the elections in May 1963 and in February 1967, was from May 1963 to April 1967 finally self -chairman of the CHU in the Second Chamber. In this role he was also at the same time a political leader of the party.

On April 5, 1967, he was appointed by Prime Minister Piet de Jong of the Interior in the cabinet and this belonged to the end of de Jong's term of office on 6 July 1971.

Due to its long-standing political merits he was called to his departure from the government to the Commander of the Order of Orange -Nassau. For his services to the CHU Beernink was also appointed on 29 April 1972 an honorary member of the party.