Hubertus van Mook

Hubertus van Mook
Hubertus van Mook, c. 1940s
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Lieutenant
In office
8 March 1942 – 15 October 1948
In exile until 1 October 1945
Monarchs
Preceded byAlidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh
Succeeded byLouis Beel (as High Commissioner)
Minister of Colonial Affairs
In office
21 May 1942 – 23 February 1945
Prime MinisterPieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Preceded byPieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Succeeded byJosef Schmutzer
Personal details
BornHubertus Johannes van Mook
(1894-05-30)30 May 1894
Died10 May 1965(1965-05-10) (aged 70)
Alma materLeiden University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • diplomat
  • author
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Hubertus Johannes "Huib" van Mook (30 May 1894 – 10 May 1965) was a Dutch administrator in the East Indies. During the Indonesian National Revolution, he served as the lieutenant governor-general of the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1948. Van Mook also had a son named Cornelius van Mook who studied marine engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also wrote about Java - and his work on Kota Gede is a good example of a colonial bureaucrat capable of examining and writing about local folklore.