Jan van Aartsen

Jan van Aartsen
Jan van Aartsen in 1965
Queen's Commissioner of Zeeland
In office
1 June 1965 – 1 October 1974
MonarchJuliana
Preceded byGuus de Casembroot
Succeeded byKees Boertien
Minister of Housing and Construction
In office
19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963
Prime MinisterJan de Quay
Preceded byHerman Witte
Succeeded byPieter Bogaers
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
20 March 1959 – 19 May 1959
Minister of Transport and Water Management
In office
24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965
Prime MinisterVictor Marijnen
Preceded byHenk Korthals
Succeeded byKo Suurhoff
In office
1 November 1958 – 19 May 1959
Prime MinisterWillem Drees (1958)
Louis Beel (1958–1959)
Preceded byHerman Witte (ad interim)
Succeeded byHenk Korthals
Personal details
BornJohannes van Aartsen
(1909-09-15)15 September 1909
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died3 February 1992(1992-02-03) (aged 82)
Vlissingen, Netherlands
PartyChristian Democratic Appeal
(from 1980)
Other political
affiliations
Anti-Revolutionary Party
(until 1980)
Spouse
Klaasje Stap
(m. 1946)
ChildrenJozias van Aartsen (born 1947)
Alma materFree University Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Jurist · Lawyer · Trade association executive
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Johannes "Jan" van Aartsen (Dutch pronunciation: [joːˈɦɑnə ˈɕɑɱ vɑn ˈaːrtsə(n)]; 15 September 1909 – 3 February 1992) was a Dutch jurist and politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP).

Van Aartsen was a lawyer in The Hague. He became minister of Transportation and Water Management in November 1958, at the end of the fourth Drees cabinet. From 1959 to 1963, he served as minister of Housing and the Construction Industry in the De Quay cabinet. Under De Quay's successor Victor Marijnen, Van Aartsen returned to the post of Transportation and Water Management. In 1965, Van Aartsen was appointed Queen's Commissioner of the province of Zeeland, where he would remain until 1974.