Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek
Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek (born August 21, 1874 in The Hague , † March 29, 1942 ibid) was a Dutch diplomat and minister .
Karnebeek was a staunch advocate of the Dutch independence policy and is often named by Dutch people as their best foreign minister.
Family and education
As the eldest of three sons of the politician and diplomat Abraham van Karnebeek and his wife Maria Petronella Rochussen, Karnebeek followed in their father's professional footsteps. After attending the Haganum grammar school in The Hague, he studied law in Leiden and political science in Utrecht from 1892 to 1900 , where he received his doctorate cum laude in 1900 with “De 'Costa Rica packet'-arbitrage” . The Costa Rica packet was a British ship whose captain confiscated a Malay boat with merchandise off Makassar in 1888 .
On November 20, 1902, he married Baroness Adriana Justine Civile van Wassenaar van Rosande in The Hague , with whom he had four sons.
Career
Due to his father's influence, he got his first job as secretary at the First Hague Peace Conference from 1899 to 1901 . He then embarked on a career in the diplomatic service and worked from 1901 to 1911 in the Dutch Colonial Office in the Justice, Education, Culture and Industry department as administrative secretary, where he was promoted to consultant in 1904 and head of his department in 1908. He also took part in the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907.
On August 1, 1911, van Karnebeek, who was not partisan but sympathized with the Free Liberals, was elected Mayor of The Hague. When Ruijs de Beerenbrouck was formed in 1918, he was appointed Foreign Minister. In 1920 he refused to hand over the German emperor , who was in exile in the Netherlands, to the victorious powers of the Versailles Treaty . Also, the second cabinet Ruijs de Beerenbroucks 1922-1925, the cabinet Colijn 1925-1926 and until 1927 the Cabinet de Geer , he belonged to as foreign minister, but resigned on April 1, 1927, because the first chamber into an agreement with Belgium on the Prevented the construction of a Rhine-Scheldt canal , which he regarded as his life's work. His successor was Frans Beelaerts van Blokland .
In 1927 he was awarded the honorary title of Minister of State .
From March 1, 1928 to March 29, 1942 he was Royal Commissioner in the province of South Holland (In the Netherlands, the chairman of the cabinet in the provinces (Gedeputeerde Staten) has the title of "Royal Commissioner" (Commissaris van de Koningin) . His rank corresponds roughly that of a governor .).
On May 28, 1937 - after completing a trade mission to South America - he was appointed commander in the Order of the Dutch Lions .
See also
Web links
- Jhr.Mr.dr. HA van Karnebeek , Parlement en Politiek
- KARNEBEEK, yr. Herman Adriaan van (1874–1942) , Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Emile Claude Sweerts de Landas Vyborgh |
Mayor of The Hague 1911–1918 |
Jacob Adriaan Nicolaas Patijn |
Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp | Anne Willem Carel van Nagell van Ampsen | Johann Gotthard Reinhold | Willem Frederik van Reede | Patrice Claude Ghislain de Coninck | Johan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen | Hugo van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Jan Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke | Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye | James Albert Henry de la Sarraz | Lodewijk Napoleon van Randwijck | Gerrit Schimmelpenninck | Arnold Adolf Bentinck van Nijenhuis | Leonardus Antonius Lightenvelt | Herman van Sonsbeeck | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Floris Adriaan van Hall | Daniël Théodore Gevers van Endegeest | Jan Karel van Goltstein | Floris Adriaan van Hall | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Louis Napoleon van der Goes van Dirxland | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Martin Pascal Hubert Strens | Anthony Jan Lucas Stratenus | Paul Therèse van der Maesen de Sombreff | Willem Johan Cornelis Huyssen van Kattendijke | Eppo Cremers | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Joannes Josephus van Mulken | Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg | Joannes Josephus van Mulken | Louis Gericke van Herwijnen | Joseph van der Does de Willebois | Willem van Heeckeren van Kell | Constantijn Theodoor van Lynden van Sandenburg | Willem Frederik Rochussen | Joseph van der Does de Willebois | Marc Willem du Tour van Bellinchave | Abraham Pieter Cornelis van Karnebeek | Cornelis Hartsen | Gijsbert van Tienhoven | Joannes Coenraad Jansen | Joan Röell | Willem Hendrik de Beaufort | Robert Melvil van Lynden | Abraham George Ellis | Willem Marcus van Weede van Berencamp | Abraham George Ellis | Dirk Arnold Willem van Tets van Goudriaan | René de Marees van Swinderen | Pieter Wilhelm Adriaan Cort van der Linden | John Loudon | Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek | Frans Beelaerts van Blokland | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck | Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff | Hendrikus Colijn | Jacob Adriaan Nicolaas Patijn | Eelco van Kleffens | Herman van Roijen | Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout | Dirk Stikker | Johan Willem Beijen | Joseph Luns | Norbert Schmelzer | Max van der Stoel | Chris van der Klaauw | Max van der Stoel | Dries van Agt | Hans van den Broek | Pieter Kooijmans | Hans van Mierlo | Jozias van Aartsen | Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | Ben Bot | Maxime Verhagen | Uri Rosenthal | Frans Timmermans | Bert Koenders | Half Zijlstra | Stef Blok
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Paul Hymans (1920–1921) | Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek (1921–1922) | Augustín Edwards (1922–1923) | Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza (1923-1924) | Giuseppe Motta (1924–1925) | Raoul Dandurand (1925-1926) | Afonso Costa (1926) | Momčilo Ninčić (1926–1927) | Alberto Guani (1927–1928) | Herluf Zahle (1928–1929) | José Gustavo Guerrero (1929–1930) | Nicolae Titulescu (1930-1932) | Paul Hymans (1932-1933) | Charles Theodore Te Water (1933-1934) | Richard Johannes Sandler (1934) | Francisco Castillo Nájera (1934–1935) | Edvard Beneš (1935–1936) | Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1936–1937) | Tevfik Rüştü Aras (1937) | Aga Khan III. (1937-1938) | Éamon de Valera (1938–1939) | Carl Joachim Hambro (1939–1940) | Carl Joachim Hambro (1946)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karnebeek, Herman Adriaan van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch diplomat and minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1942 |
| Place of death | The hague |