Johannes Linthorst Homan

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Johannes Linthorst Homan (born February 17, 1903 in Assen , † November 6, 1986 in Rome ) was a Dutch politician and functionary. During the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II , he was together with Jan de Quay and Louis Einthoven the founder of the political collection movement Nederlandsche Unie , which he led with his co-founders throughout their time. Due to the controversial role of the Nederlandsche Unie , Linthorst Homan was not reinstated in his previous position as Royal Commissioner after the war. From then on he worked as a functionary in the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), including as a member of the High Authority , and as chairman of the Dutch Olympic Committee.

Life

Linthorst Homan studied law in Leiden and then settled as a lawyer in his native town of Assen in 1926. He joined the liberal Vrijheidsbond and in 1932 became mayor of Vledder . Since 1933 Linthorst Homan was also represented as a member of the Drenthe provincial parliament. He held both functions until 1937, in that year he was appointed Royal Commissioner for the Province of Groningen .

Following the occupation of the Netherlands by Germany in May 1940, Linthorst Homan was two months later, together with the later Prime Minister Jan de Quay and Louis Einthoven, the founder of the Nederlandsche Unie . The aim of this political gathering movement was to create a non-partisan and non-denominational platform to unite the Dutch population during the occupation and to preserve the country's independence. Their opposition to the Dutch National Socialists NSB ensured an enormous influx, and with 800,000 members after two months, the Nederlandsche Unie became the largest political organization in the country's history. However, since it had to compromise with the occupiers, the role of the movement was not undisputed. In December 1941 the Nederlandsche Unie was banned after it had declared that it could not support the German attack on the Soviet Union , whereupon the NSB became the only authorized party. After he had already been released as Royal Commissioner by the occupiers in August 1941, Linthorst Homan was taken hostage following the ban on the Nederlandsche Unie in 1942, but was then released in 1944.

The controversial role of the Nederlandsche Unie meant that Linthorst Homan was not reinstated in his old role as Royal Commissioner. In October 1947, however, he received at least one honorable discharge, retroactively dated April 1945. Linthorst Homan was not active in politics for the first five years after his dismissal. In 1946 he became chairman of the Royal Netherlands Dairy Association, which he held until 1952. In 1951 he also became chairman of the National Olympic Committee. During his time the decision was made to boycott the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne because of the Soviet Union's invasion of Hungary in the wake of the popular uprising there.

In 1952 Linthorst Homan returned to politics and until 1958 was director of the Ministry of Economic Affairs responsible for matters relating to European unification and economic relations. He then worked as his country's representative for the EEC and the ECSC until 1962 and then a member of the High Authority until 1968. Linthorst Homan last worked until 1971 as a representative of the EEC in London .

Linthorst Homan was married twice; he had four children with his first wife, who died in 1951.

Works

  • Drenthe's right size. A confused overzicht van de geschiedenis van het right in Drenthe , 1932
  • Het ontstaan ​​der gemeenten in Drente , dissertation, 1934
  • Van Kerspel dead gemeente , 1937
  • Geschiedenis van Drenthe , 1937
  • Het plaatselijk bestuur in de provincie Groningen van 1795 tot 1814 , in: Gemeentebestuur , December 1938
  • Europese Landbouwpolitiek , 1950–1951
  • Europese integratie. De spanning tussen economische en politieke factoren , 1955
  • Sociaal-psychological vraagstukken bij de Europese integratie , 1968
  • What is the time for a vent? Levensherinneringen , 1974

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SURNAME Linthorst Homan, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch politician and functionary
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Assen , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1986
Place of death Rome , Italy