Hein Vos
Hendrik "Hein" Vos (born July 5, 1903 in Tijnje , Fryslân province ; † April 23, 1972 in Wassenaar , Zuid-Holland province ) was a Dutch politician of the Sociaal-Democratische Arbeiderspartij (SDAP) and last since February 9, 1946 the Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA), who, as a social democratic ideologist, drafted the Plan van de Arbeid together with Jan Tinbergen in the 1930s , an alternative of the SDAP and the Federation of Trade Unions ( NVV ) to cope with the global economic crisis . In 1937 he became a member of the Second Chamber of the States General .
After the end of the Second World War , Vos was appointed Minister for Trade and Industry in the cabinet of Prime Minister Willem Schermerhorn in 1945 , but received little support for his policy of socialization and planning. He then became Transport Minister in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Louis Beel in 1946 and in 1947 was the only minister to refuse military intervention in the Indonesian War of Independence .
After leaving the government, Vos served as director of the Central General Life Insurance Company and the Central Workers' Insurance Bank in The Hague between 1949 and 1968 . In addition, he was a member of the First Chamber of the States General between 1956 and 1968 and was also chairman of the PvdA parliamentary group from 1960 to 1968 . Most recently he became a member of the Council of State ( Raad van State ) in 1968 and was a member of this constitutional body to advise the government until his death in 1972.
Vos had been in a same-sex relationship since the 1920s , making him one of the few politicians of the time who openly professed their homosexuality .
Life
Engineer, local politician and member of the Second Chamber
Vos, who came from a left-wing family of teachers from the province of Drenthe , began studying electrical engineering at the Delft Polytechnic after attending the high school in Heerenveen , which he graduated in 1926. During his studies he joined the Sociaal-Democratische Arbeiderspartij (SDAP) and after completing his studies in 1927 he took on a professional activity as an administrative officer in the State Trade Office (Rijksnijverheidsdienst) in Deventer , but already in 1928 switched to the State Patent Office (Nederlandsche Octrooiraad) as an engineer . There he dealt with the automation of the telephone until July 1, 1934.
In addition, Vos began his political career in local politics and was between September 1, 1931 and July 22, 1934 for the SDAP member of the local council of Rijswijk . After finishing his work at the State Patent Office, he was Director of the Scientific Office of the SDAP between July 1, 1934 and 1940. In addition, he was between September 3, 1935 and September 5, 1939 member of the City Council of Amsterdam . During this time he was successively a member of the boards of directors of the SDAP in Deventer, Delft and Rijswijk and editor of the socialist cadre newspaper Contact and the socialist weekly magazine Vrijheid, Arbeid en Brood . In addition, he was a member of the Central Planning Commission of the SDAP since August 1935.
At the same time, Vos became a member of the Second Chamber of the States General for the SDAP on September 3, 1937 and was officially a member until June 25, 1945. In addition, he was again an engineer in the State Patent Office between 1940 and 1944 and then a consultant in the Ministry of Reconstruction from 1944 to 1945.
minister
After the end of the war, Vos was appointed Minister for Trade and Industry (Minister van Handel en Nijverheid) to the Schermerhorn / Drees cabinet by Prime Minister Willem Schermerhorn on June 25, 1945 and held this ministerial office until July 3, 1946. On June 4, 1946 As the top candidate of the Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) he was again a member of the Second Chamber of the States General, to which he belonged until July 9, 1946.
On July 3, 1946, he took over the post of Minister of Transport (Minister van Verkeer) in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Louis Beel until March 1, 1947 . After Johan Ringers resigned on November 15, 1946 due to dissatisfaction with government policy in the Dutch East Indies , Vos also held the post of Minister for Public Works and Reconstruction (Waarnemend minister van Openbare Werken en Wederopbouw) until March 1, 1947 . From March 1, 1947 to August 7, 1948, he himself took over the post of Minister for Transport and Hydraulic Engineering (Minister van Verkeer en Waterstaat) , which was renamed by Royal Decree (Koninklijk Besluit) on February 28, 1947 . On July 27, 1948 he was again a member of the Second Chamber of the States General for the PvdA and was a member of this until December 14, 1948.
In addition to his ministerial office, Vos was a member of the board of the PvdA between February 1946 and February 1951 and was also a member of the board of trustees of the party - affiliated Wiardi Beckman Foundation (WBS) since December 1946 . After leaving the government, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Dutch Lion on October 13, 1948 .
Insurance manager and acting chairman of the PvdA
After leaving the Second Chamber, Vos became director of the Central General Life Insurance Company (NV Centrale Algemene Levensverzekeringsmaatschappij) in The Hague, which is related to the PvdA, on January 1, 1949 and held this position until February 16, 1968. At the same time he acted between January 1, 1949 and February 16, 1949 as director of the Central Workers' Insurance Bank, also located in The Hague (NV Centrale Arbeiders-Verzekeringsbank) .
In addition to these professional activities, Vos was also vice-chairman of the PvdA between February 25, 1951 and March 24, 1961 and, at the same time, chairman of the PvdA commission in 1951, which developed the socialist basic program De weg naar de vrijheid . As the successor to Koos Vorrink , he was appointed acting party chairman of the PvdA for the first time in June 1953 and held this position until he was replaced by Evert Vermeer on February 23, 1955. From March 1955, he was a member of the PvdA commission, which worked out the program for the 1956 elections.
Member of the First Chamber and the Council of State
On November 6, 1956, he also became a member of the First Chamber of the States General, to which he was a member until February 16, 1968. In May 1960, Vos took over the post of Acting Chairman of the PvdA for the second time as the successor to Evert Vermeer and held the position until March 24, 1961, this time being replaced by Ko Suurhoff . During this time he was also chairman of the PvdA parliamentary group in the First Chamber between November 15, 1960 and March 4, 1968. In addition, between March 24, 1961 and March 5, 1965, he was again a member of the PvdA's executive committee.
For his many years of service in politics and business, he was also appointed commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau on April 29, 1964 .
By royal decision of February 17, 1968, Vos was appointed a member of the Council of State (Raad van State) and was officially a member of this constitutional body, which advised the government, from February 21, 1968 until his death on April 23, 1972.
As one of the few politicians of his time, Vos openly acknowledged his homosexuality and had been in same-sex relationships with men like Pieter Gerhardus Jansen, who worked as a writer and journalist under the pseudonym Aar van de Werfhorst , since the 1920s .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vos, Hein |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vos, Hendrik (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch politician and insurance manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tijnje , Fryslân Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1972 |
| Place of death | Wassenaar , Province of Zuid-Holland |