Roelof Nelissen

Roelof Johannus Nelissen ( born April 4, 1931 in Hoofdplaat, Zeeland ) is a former Dutch bank managers and politicians of the Katholieke Volkspartij (CIP ) and later the Christians Democratisch Appèl (CDA ), which among other things, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister and a member of the Second chamber of the States General was.

Life

Career and deputy

After attending primary school in Hoofdplaat and the boarding school IJpelaar in Dongen Nelissen studied law at the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen and graduated in 1956 from. His military service, he served in the medical corps of the armed forces and was last promoted to sergeant.

After graduating, he was initially for a short time employee of the Social Fund of the construction industry in Amsterdam, before December 1956 to June 1962 was then Assistant Secretary of the Roman Catholic middle class Federation ( Nederlandse Rooms- Katholieke Middenstandsbond, NRKM ). Then he was up to September 1968 General Secretary of the NRKM, the later Catholic Entrepreneurs Association (Nederlands Katholiek Ondernemersverbond, NKOV ) has been renamed.

His political career began when he Nelissen, candidate of the CIP was elected in June 1963 as a member of the Second Chamber of the States General, and this served until January 1970. During his membership of Parliament he was from December 1963 to December 1967 Second Secretary of the Second Group of CIP and subsequently by January 1970 Secretary of the CIP Group in the Second Chamber.

In addition, he was from September 1968 to July 1969 Secretary of the Federation of Catholic and Christian business organizations ( Federatie van de Katholieke Christelijke Ondernemersverbonden ).

Minister and Deputy Prime Minister

On January 14, 1970 Nelissen was appointed by Prime Minister Piet de Jong as part of a reshuffle for the Minister of Economic Affairs in the cabinet and held that post as the successor to Johan Witteveen, the interim successor of Leo de Block was, until the end of de Jong's term of office on 6 July. 1971. Most recently he was from May to July 1971, again a member of the Second Chamber of the States General, and at this time also Deputy Chairman of the CIP Group.

On July 6, 1971 he was appointed de Jong's successor as Prime Minister, Barend Biesheuvel, Vice - Prime Minister and Finance Minister in his cabinet, where he remained until the end of Biesheuvels term of office on 11 May 1973. At the same time on July 6, 1971 to January 28, 1972 was appointed as Minister for coordinating the affairs of Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, before an own minister for this portfolio was appointed to the Cabinet in connection with Pierre Lardinois. In addition, he was from December 1972 to March 1973 and again a member of the Second Chamber of the States General.

For his political services, he was appointed on 8 June 1973 Commander of the Order of Orange -Nassau. In addition, he was Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium.

CEO of ABN AMRO

After retiring from the Government and Parliament Nelissen moved into the private sector and was initially between September 1973 and September 1974 Advisor to the Board of the Amsterdam -Rotterdam Bank ( NV AMRO Bank), before he then until 1979, Vice Chairman and then from June 1983 to September 1990 CEO of NV AMRO Bank was.

After the merger of N.V. AMRO Algemene Bank Nederland with ( ABN ) was Nelissen in September 1990 Chairman of the resulting ABN AMRO and held that office until May 1992.