Johan Witteveen

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Johan Witteveen as Dutch Finance Minister in 1970

Hendrikus Johannes Witteveen (born June 12, 1921 in Zeist ; † April 23, 2019 in Wassenaar ) was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Netherlands , Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund and first Chairman of the Group of Thirty .

Witteveen was a member of the VVD ( Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie ). From July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965, Witteveen was Minister of Finance of the Netherlands. From April 5, 1967 to July 6, 1971 he was again Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands. From September 1, 1973 to June 16, 1978 he was Managing Director of the IMF.

The honorary professor in Economics was a member of the Advisory Board of the European Management Institute.

Witteveen had a son, the politician Willem Witteveen . He died on July 17, 2014 when Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was shot down .

Web links

Commons : Johan Witteveen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Dr. HJ (Johan) Witteveen. Parlement & Politiek, accessed November 8, 2010 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ group30.org: PDF ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed November 8, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.group30.org
  3. ^ IMF Managing Directors. International Monetary Fund, accessed October 12, 2010 .
  4. ↑ europeanmanagementinstitute.org: European Management Institute ( Memento of the original dated November 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed November 8, 2010  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.europeanmanagementinstitute.org
  5. ↑ Professor Dr. WJ (Willem) Witteveen - Parlement & Politiek. In: parlement.com. Retrieved July 26, 2014 .
predecessor Office successor

Jelle Zijlstra
Jelle Zijlstra 		Minister of Finance of the Netherlands
1963–1965
1967–1971
Anne Vondeling
Roelof Nelissen
personal data
SURNAME Witteveen, Johan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Witteveen, Hendrikus Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch politician and managing director of the IMF
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Zeist
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 2019
Place of death Wassenaar