Louis van Son
Louis Joseph Marie van Son (* 22. May 1922 in Tilburg , North Brabant , † 27. January 1986 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch business leaders and politicians of the Catholic People's Party (KVP), among others, a member of the Second Chamber of the States-General and Secretary of State was .
Life
Studies and professional career
Van Son, who came from a merchant family , worked after attending the Hogere Burgerschool and the Roman Catholic Sint Odulphus Lyceum in Tilburg between 1939 and 1941 as a civil servant and secretary for the city administration of Tilburg before he began studying economics at the Catholic business school there . However, he could not finish this, but had to work in Germany between 1943 and 1945 . After the end of the Second World War , he resumed his studies at the Catholic Business School in Tilburg in 1945 and graduated on November 22, 1948.
From 1948 to 1953, van Son worked as secretary of the General Catholic Employers' Association AKWV ( Algemene Katholieke Werkgeversvereniging ) and then from January 1, 1953 to November 1966, as deputy director of the roof tile factory NV Dakpannen- en Kleiwarenindustrie De Valk v / h J. Meuwissen in Really . At the same time he became an employer representative in the Appeals Council ( Raad van Beroep ) of Roermond in 1958 .
Member of the Second Chamber of the States General and State Secretary
In addition to this professional activity, he was from June 5, 1963 to November 28, 1966 for the first time as a representative of the Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP) member of the Second Chamber of the States General. During this time he was temporarily the economic policy spokesman for the CIP parliamentary group .
On November 28, 1966, van Son was appointed State Secretary for SMEs in the Ministry of Economic Affairs ( Ministerie van Economische Zaken ) by Prime Minister Jelle Zijlstra and held this position in the Zijlstra cabinet until April 5, 1967.
After he was again a member of the Second Chamber of the States General from February 23 to April 18, 1967, he was appointed State Secretary for SMEs, Tourism and Trade Relations in the Ministry of Economic Affairs on April 18, 1967 by the new Prime Minister Piet de Jong and held this office in De Jong cabinet until July 6, 1971. At the same time, as State Secretary since January 15, 1970, he was also responsible for regional industrialization, foreign economic relations and export promotion.
On May 11, 1971, van Son was again a member of the Second Chamber of the States General and was a member of this until December 7, 1972. He was also a member of the North Atlantic Assembly from September 1971 to March 1973 . For his political services he was appointed Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau on July 17, 1971 .
In 1972 he finally became chairman of the supervisory board of the national tourist office NBT ( Nationaal Bureau voor Toerisme ) and was also a member of the supervisory board of the Trobas glue and gelatine factory in Dongen and chairman of the supervisory board of the BV Inkoopcombinatie Samen Sterk purchasing group until his death . In addition, until his death he also acted as chairman of the production group for distilled drinks, as chairman of the Foundation for Responsible Alcohol Consumption STIVA ( Stichting Verantwoord Alcoholgebruik ) and as chairman of the Association for Behavioral Therapy ( Vereniging voor Gedragstherapie ).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Handel en Industrie op het Gebied van Scheepsbouw en Watersport (Dutch)
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| SURNAME | Son, Louis van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Son, Louis Joseph Marie van (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch economic manager and politician of the Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tilburg , North Brabant Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1986 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |