Jan Jacob Rochussen

Jan Jacob Rochussen ( born October 23, 1797 in Etten / Brabant, † January 21, 1871 in The Hague) was a Dutch statesman. 1858-1860 he was Chairman of the Council of Ministers.

Life

Rochussen was a typical representative of the Amsterdam business world and a confidant Willems II, as well Willems III. under which he was Finance Minister, respectively. In 1843 he was one of the first ministers who were forced by the Second Chamber of the States General to resign. 1845-1851 he was Governor-General of the colony of the Dutch East Indies and in 1858 Colonial Secretary and Chairman of the Council of Ministers. Even though in the Dutch East Indies in 1859 he abolished slavery, he was heavily criticized for his conservative Governance in the colonial questions. His second wife Elisabeth Charlotta was a Creole.

Etten-Leur William II of the Netherlands William III of the Netherlands States General of the Netherlands Gerrit Schimmelpenninck Dirk Donker Curtius Jacob de Kempenaer Johan Rudolph Thorbecke Floris Adriaan van Hall Justinus van der Brugghen Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt Pieter Philip van Bosse Gerrit de Vries (politician) Jan Heemskerk Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg Gijsbert van Tienhoven Nicolaas Pierson Abraham Kuyper Theo Heemskerk Dirk Jan de Geer Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy Wim Schermerhorn Louis Beel Willem Drees Jan de Quay Jo Cals Jelle Zijlstra Piet de Jong Barend Biesheuvel Ruud Lubbers Wim Kok Mark Rutte Pieter Both Gerard Reynst Laurens Reael Jacques Specx Hendrik Brouwer Cornelis van der Lijn Carel Reyniersz Joan Maetsuycker Cornelis Speelman Joan van Hoorn Abraham van Riebeeck Hendrick Zwaardecroon Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff Godert van der Capellen Johannes van den Bosch Willem Rooseboom Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum Dirk Fock Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer Hubertus van Mook Integrated Authority File

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