Gerard Peijnenburg
Gerard Henri Joan Marie Peijnenburg (born June 12, 1919 in Asten , North Brabant Province , † January 2, 2000 in Wassenaar , South Holland Province ) was a Dutch administrative officer who was temporarily State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense .
Life
Peijnenburg graduated after attending the Higher public school training as a reserve officer in the Reserve Officers School in Breda and then began studying economics at the Higher School of Economics Rotterdam before it during the Operation Market Garden in World War II, the US 82nd Airborne Division joined to at to participate in the battles around Nijmegen . He then served briefly as a reserve officer in the staff of Bernhard zur Lippe-Biesterfeld , the prince consort of Queen Juliana , and then between 1945 and 1947 as an official in the organizational office of the Minister of War's military cabinet ( Minister van Oorlog ).
In the following years Peijnenburg worked in the education office of the army in the headquarters of the general staff, before he became a civil servant in the Department for Compulsory Service Affairs of the War Ministry in 1948 and in 1954 head of Section 2 of the War Ministry's Personnel Directorate, which was responsible for exemptions, extended service hours and salaries. From 1958 to 1962 he was Head of the Department of Compulsory Service and Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Defense ( Ministerie van Defensie ) between 1962 and 1963, and from 1963 to May 1965 he was Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Defense. For his services he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau on April 29, 1961 .
On May 13, 1965, Peijnenburg was appointed State Secretary for Army Affairs ( Koninklijke Landmacht ) in the Ministry of Defense by Prime Minister Jo Cals in his cabinet and held this position in the following government formed by Jelle Zijlstra until April 5, 1967 After leaving the government, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Dutch Lion on April 17, 1967 .
After he was chairman of the defense review commission in 1968 and chairman of the conscription commission from August 1968 to 1969, Peijnenburg became general secretary and thus the highest administrative officer of the Ministry of Defense on January 1, 1969, and held this position until his retirement on July 1, 1984 For many years he was commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau on April 29, 1981 and on June 15, 1984 received the Cross of Honor of the House Order of Orange . Most recently, he was involved as a member of the Council for Monuments since 1985 and in 1989 also became chairman or member of the Reich Commission for the Monument Register and the Reich Commission for Monument Preservation.
Gerard Peijnenburg was a cousin of Rinus Peijnenburg , who for the Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP) was a member of the Second Chamber of the States General for several years and from December 19, 1977 to April 1, 1979 a minister without portfolio responsible for science policy in the first government of Dries van Agt was.
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| SURNAME | Peijnenburg, Gerard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peijnenburg, Gerard Henri Joan Marie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch administrative officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Asten , North Brabant Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 2000 |
| Place of death | Wassenaar , South Holland Province |