Jan van Aartsen

Johannes " Jan" van Aartsen ( born September 15, 1909 in Amsterdam, † April 2, 1992 in Vlissingen, Zeeland ) was a Dutch politician of the Anti- Revolutionaire Partij (ARP).

Biography

Van Aartsen was appointed in 1958 as Minister of Transport and Water Management in the Government of Prime Minister Louis Beel. In the subsequent Cabinet of Jan de Quay he was then 1959-1963 Minister of Housing and Construction, before 1963 to 1965 in the government of Prime Minister Victor Marijnen in turn was then Minister of Transport and Water Management.

1965 he was appointed Queen Juliana of the Royal Commissioner ( van de Koningin Commissaris ) of the province of Zeeland. This office he held until 1974.

Van Aartsen was the father of the politician Jozias van Aartsen, who was among other things, 1998-2002 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.