Jacob de Kempenaer

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JM de Kempenaer

Jacobus Mattheüs de Kempenaer (born July 6, 1793 in Amsterdam , † February 12, 1870 in Arnhem ) was a liberal , later conservative Dutch politician and chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1848 to 1849.

After attending the Latin School and the Atheneum Illustre in Amsterdam, de Kempenaer studied law in Leiden and then worked as a lawyer in Arnhem. In 1813 and 1815 he was a volunteer during the Wars of Liberation . From 1840 he was a member of parliament ( Tweede Kamer ) and was one of the nine politicians who took the initiative for a new Basic Law. In 1848 de Kempenaer was a member of the Basic Law Commission under Johan Rudolf Thorbecke and, as Interior Minister, played an important role in bringing about the reforms. After Dirk Donker Curtius resigned in May 1849, he became head of cabinet in the Council of Ministers. In 1849 there was a break with Thorbecke because de Kempenaer rejected a strict separation of church and state , stuck to the state school and allowed parliament to continue to influence the colonies . In September 1849, the Second Chamber of the States General expressed its distrust in the cabinet de Kempenaer .

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SURNAME Kempenaer, Jacob de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kempenaer, Jacobus Mattheüs de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch statesman
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1870
Place of death Arnhem