Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst
Isaäc "Iekje" Arend Diepenhorst (born July 18, 1916 in Rotterdam ; † August 21, 2004 in Zeist , Utrecht province ) was a Dutch law scholar , university professor and politician of the Anti-Revolutionaire Partij (ARP) and most recently the Christian Democratisch Appèl ( CDA), who taught for several decades at the Free University of Amsterdam , was a member of both chambers of the States General and was temporarily a minister. Furthermore, he wrote numerous works that dealt not only with legal issues but also above all with interreligious dialogue .
Life
University professors and social engagement
After visiting the Christelijk Lyceum in Zeist in 1934, Diepenhorst began studying theology and law at the Free University of Amsterdam. In 1943 he completed his doctorate there as a Dr. jur. with a dissertation on the historical-critical bijdrage tot den leer van den christelijkenstaat and was subsequently assistant to Victor Henri Rutgers , who held the chair for Roman law and criminal law at the Free University of Amsterdam.
On October 10, 1945 Diepenhorst himself accepted a professorship for criminal law and criminal procedure law at the Free University of Amsterdam and taught there until April 14, 1965. In addition to his teaching activities, he worked as a columnist for the broadcasting company Nederlandse Christelijke Radio-Vereniging between 1951 and 1953 ( NCRV) and was active from 1951 to 1954 as a board member of Bartiméus , an association for the blind, visually impaired and multiply handicapped, and since January 1953 as a member of the editorial board of the central weekly newspaper of Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland . In addition, he was a board member of the Centrale Bond van Inwendige Zending en Christelijk Maatschappelijk Werk , an organization for the promotion of Inner Mission and Christian community work, from 1954 to April 1965, and chairman of Bartiméus from 1954 to April 1965 .
Member of the First Chamber and Minister
At the same time he began his political career in the early 1950s and represented the interests of the Anti-Revolutionaire Partij (ARP) in the First Chamber of the States General between July 15, 1952 and April 14, 1965 . During this time, from October 1, 1954 to 1955, he became a member of the State Commission for the Revision of the Law of Foreign Policy Relations, headed by Roelof Kranenburg , and as a member of the Committee for the Support of Public Welfare Work in 1958. During his membership in parliament he was from February 1959 until September 1961 secretary of the parliamentary group of the ARP.
In addition, he served as Rector of the Free University of Amsterdam from September 21, 1960 to September 20, 1961 . Diepenhorst, who was head of a forum for NRCV television in the 1960s, served between 1961 and 1965 at the same time as a member of the Education Council, as chairman of the inter-church commission for pastoral care in prisons and as chairman of the association for probation assistance. For his political and academic services he was honored on April 27, 1962 with the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Dutch Lion .
Diepenhorst was on April 14, 1965 by Prime Minister Jo Cals as Minister of Education and Science ( Minister van Onderwijs en Wetenschappen ) in the Cabinet called and held this position in the later of Jelle Zijlstra formed government until April 5 1967th
Member of the Second Chamber, Rector and Dean of the Free University of Amsterdam
Shortly before leaving the government, he became a member of the Second Chamber of the States General on February 23, 1967 as a representative of the ARP and was a member of this until May 10, 1971. At the same time, he resumed teaching at the Free University of Amsterdam, where he held an extraordinary professorship for general political theory and parliamentary history until September 28, 1984 . On April 17, 1967, he was appointed Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau .
Furthermore, from 1967 to 1989 he was again chairman of the inter-church commission for pastoral care in prisons and at the same time of the Bartiméus association for the blind, visually impaired and multiply disabled . In addition, he became the Queen's representative ( Kroonlid ) in the Academic Council in July 1967 and a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Utrecht in 1968 . He also became chairman of the Education Council ( Onderwijsraad ) on January 18, 1969 and held this office until August 1, 1986. In addition, from 1970 to 1989 he held the office of chairman of interchurch relations with the government.
Diepenhorst, who was a member of the First Chamber of the States General from May 11, 1971 to September 17, 1974 and again from October 29, 1974 to June 10, 1981, acted again as between September 1, 1972 and September 1, 1976 Rector of the Free University of Amsterdam and then from 1976 to 1984 as dean of the law faculty there . Most recently he was on June 3, 1986 Commander of the Order of the Dutch Lion.
Publications
- Historical-critical bijdrage tot den leer van den christelijkenstaat , dissertation, 1943
- Religious Lists , 1945
- De verhouding tusschen kerk en state in Nederland , 1946
- De oecumene , 1947
- Algemeene genade en antithese , 1947
- zekerheid en financiering , 1949
- Kerk en communisme in Russia , 1949
- Hernieuwde bezinning: een pleidooi voor aansluiting der Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland bij de Wereldraad van Kerken , 1950
- Hoe bereiken wij de communisten met het evangelie? , 1951
- De boodschap van Rusland en het Christelijk antwoord , 1951
- De actuele betekenis of the Reformatie , 1951
- Humanisme en humanistische 'geestelijke verzorging' , 1952
- Het vraagstuk van de oorlog , 1953
- De lichamelijke opvoeding en de sport , 1955
- Christelijke politiek , 1958
- De geprangde universiteit , 1960
- VAGEN van reclassering , 1960
- Betrekkelijk of volstrekt , 1960
- Commerciële televisie in perspectief , 1961
- In de schaduw der vernietiging , 1962
- De emancipatie van de vrouw , 1965
- Universiteit en wetenschap in moving , 1969
- De aangevendet Staat , 1972
- Rekenschap , 1984
- Yes heb je , 1986
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diepenhorst, Isaäc Arend |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Diepenhorst, Iekje (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch lawyer, university professor and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rotterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 2004 |
| Place of death | Zeist , Utrecht Province |