Jacob Theodoor Cremer

Jacob Theodoor Cremer (1918)

Jacob Theodoor Cremer (born June 30, 1847 in Zwolle , Province of Overijssel , † August 14, 1923 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch entrepreneur , diplomat and politician of the Liberale Unie , who, after a career at the Dutch trading company and the deli company in Dutch -India was a member of the Second Chamber of the States General . As Minister for the Colonies in the cabinet of Prime Minister Nicolaas Pierson between 1897 and 1901, he pushed through the introduction of the Indian Mining Act. Then he was again a member of the Second Chamber and then the First Chamber of the States General and later envoy to the United States .

Life

Professional activities at the Dutch trading company

Cremer with his wife Annie Herminie Hogan (mid-1870s)

Cremer, whose father was an administrative officer at the Office for Cadastre and Direct Taxes, completed his education at the General School and the French School in Zwolle and at the Vethake Institute in Arnhem . He then joined the C. Balck forwarding company in Arnhem as an employee in 1863 and then, in 1865, the A. Ellerman wholesaler .

In 1867 Cremer began his long-term professional career at the Dutch trading company (Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij) , where he initially worked in the office of the head office in Amsterdam and then between December 1868 and 1870 in the factory in Batavia , before he was briefly employed in the agency of Society in Singapore became. After working again in the factory in Batavia until November 1871, he ran the tobacco plantations on Sumatra from November 1871 to 1883 as administrator and most recently as main administrator of the Deli Society (Deli Maatschappij) in Medan, which is part of the Dutch trading company .

In addition to his professional career at the Dutch trading company, Cremer was also a member of the Residentieraad in the Sultanate of Deli from December 1, 1881 to 1883 .

MP and Colonial Minister

Pierson cabinet, back row from left to right: Eland , de Beaufort , Lely and Cort van der Linden , first row from left to right: Röell , Goeman Borgesius , Pierson and Cremer

After his return to the Netherlands, Cremer was elected for the first time on November 17, 1884 in the constituency of Amsterdam as a member of the Second Chamber of the States General, of which he was a member until May 18, 1886. He represented this constituency again from July 14, 1886 to August 17, 1887, between September 19, 1887 and March 27, 1888, from May 1, 1888 to March 20, 1894 and most recently between June 15, 1894 and July 27, 1897. There he was a member of the parliamentary group of the Liberal Union founded on March 4, 1885 (Liberale Unie) .

Subsequently, on July 27, 1897, Prime Minister Nicolaas Pierson appointed him as Minister for the Colonies (Minister van Kolonien) in his cabinet, to which he was a member until August 1, 1901. During this time he implemented the Indian Mining Act (Indian Mijnwet) in 1899 .

After leaving the government, Cremer was re-elected as a member of the Second Chamber in the constituency of Amsterdam IV on September 17, 1901 , to which he belonged until September 19, 1905.

President of the Dutch Trading Company, Senator and Envoy

On August 1, 1907, Cremer finally became president of the Dutch trading company NEHAMIJ (Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij) and held this position for five years until 1912. On August 31, 1910, for his many years of service, he was appointed commander of the Order of the Dutch Lions .

This was followed by his election as a member of the First Chamber of the States General on July 9, 1912, in which he again represented the province of North Holland until June 27, 1917 and after a short break again between July 17, 1917 and June 24, 1922 .

However, this senatorial activity was de facto interrupted after Cremer was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Minister in the USA on June 17, 1918 and represented the interests of the Netherlands there until his dismissal for health reasons in May 1921. He was also accredited as the envoy of the Netherlands in Mexico , Panama and Nicaragua .

Background literature

• JFL de Balbian Verster: Jeugd en jongelingsjaren van Jacob Theodoor Cremer (30 June 1847–14 August 1923) , in: Het Haags Maandblad , January – April 1924.
• C. Fasseur: Cremer, Jacob Theodoor (1847–1923) , in: Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland , part 1, p. 122.

Web links

• CV in Parlement & Politiek