Dirk Jan de Geer

Dirk Jan de Geer, around 1927

Dirk Jan de Geer (born December 14, 1870 in Groningen ; † November 27, 1960 in Soest ) was a Dutch politician at the Christelijk-Historische Unie (CHU) and Prime Minister from 1926 to 1929 and from 1939 to 1940 (more precisely: Chairman of the Council of Ministers ) the Netherlands.

De Geer had a doctorate in law. Between 1921 and 1940 he also held various ministerial posts, mostly that of finance minister . In 1933 he became mayor of Arnhem and received the honorary title of Minister of State . In 1940, as acting Prime Minister, he was able to flee to England after the defeat of the Dutch army by the Wehrmacht , but had to end his political career because Queen Wilhelmina - because of his " defeatist " attitude (he said the Allies could not win the war) - withdrew confidence. He returned to the Netherlands during the war. After the war he was charged with collaboration with the Third Reich and lost all honorary degrees.

literature

Dirk van de Geer , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 40/1961 of September 25, 1961, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of the article freely available)

Web links

Commons : Dirk Jan de Geer - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Year Mr. DJ (Dirk) de Geer , Parlement & Politiek
GEER, yr. Dirk Jan de (1870–1960) , Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis
Newspaper article about Dirk Jan de Geer in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .

Individual evidence

^ Germans in Broadcast Say Dutch Ex-Premier Is at Home , in: New York Times, February 21, 1941.

personal data
SURNAME	Geer, Dirk Jan de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch journalist and politician (CHU, Prime Minister 1926–1929, 1939–1940)
DATE OF BIRTH	December 14, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH	Groningen
DATE OF DEATH	November 27, 1960
Place of death	Soest

[1] Germans in Broadcast Say Dutch Ex-Premier Is at Home , in: New York Times, February 21, 1941.