Daniel Johannes von Balluseck

Daniël Johannes von Balluseck (standing, 1965)

Daniël Johannes (Day) von Balluseck (born March 8, 1895 in Utrecht , † February 27, 1976 in 's-Gravenhage , Netherlands) was a Dutch journalist and diplomat .

Life

Von Balluseck was editor-in-chief of the Dutch daily Algemeen Handelsblad from 1929 to 1949 . During the Second World War, under his leadership, the newspaper took an extremely critical, liberal stance towards the German occupiers and their Dutch henchmen. As a result, he was arrested several times and taken to the Kamp Haaren police prison in 1942 and later held as a hostage in the Kamp Sint-Michielsgestel internment camp . Here he belonged to the group of the Heeren Zeventien (Seventeen Gentlemen, derived from a management committee of the Dutch East India Company in the 15th century), imprisoned leaders who thought about a political system after the occupation.

In 1949 he left journalism and became permanent representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations in New York . During his tenure, which lasted until 1955, the Netherlands was for two years (1951–1952) a member of the United Nations Security Council , in which he was twice chaired for one month each. After 1955 he was still ambassador to Moscow and Ottawa .

Personally

Von Balluseck married Jacqueline Wijnanda Volk in New Jersey on June 25, 1924 and had a son. After the divorce he married Erry Anna Eringaard, granddaughter of Jacob van Marken . This marriage remained childless. He received various honors, he was a knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion and an officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau . He died on February 27, 1976 after a brief illness in 's-Gravenhage. His grave is in the Dutch cemetery Oud Eik en Duinen in The Hague.

literature

• JL Heldring: Balluseck, Daniel Johannes von (1895–1976) In: Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland. 3, 1989 ( resources.huygens.knaw.nl ).