Maarten Vrolijk
Maarten Vrolijk (born May 14, 1919 in Scheveningen , The Hague ; † February 7, 1994 in The Hague) was a Dutch journalist , poet and politician of the Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA), who initially worked as a parliamentary journalist for the daily newspaper Het Vrije Volk , later a member of the Second Chamber of the States General and, in 1962, an alderman of The Hague.
As Minister for Culture, Leisure and Social Work in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Jo Cals , he campaigned for the construction of sports halls and community centers between 1965 and 1965 and presented a law to regulate broadcasting. Later he was the Queen's Commissioner for the Province of South Holland and a member of the State Council ( Raad van State ) . He also published several volumes of poetry under the pseudonyms Berten Duineveld, Geert ter Duyn and Max de Jonge.
Life
Degree, poet and journalist
Vrolijk, whose father was a freighter and shipping agent , began studying law in the Netherlands at the University of Leiden in 1940 after attending the Protestant Meester Deijs elementary school and the upper middle school , which he graduated on May 10, 1946. During his high school years, he completed a traineeship as a proofreader and editor for church news for the Christian daily De Nederlander between 1936 and 1938 .
Under the pseudonyms Berten Duineveld, Geert ter Duyn and Max de Jonge, he also published several volumes of poetry in the early 1940s, such as Vandaag (1940), In mora (1942) and Tusschen de stormen (1945).
Shortly before completing his studies, after the end of the Second World War in 1945, he began his professional career as an editor for the daily newspaper De Nieuwe Nederlander and worked there until 1946. He then worked as a parliamentary reporter for the daily newspaper Het Vrije Volk between 1946 and 1947 and as a parliamentary editor for various regional daily newspapers from 1947 to 1948, before he was head of the parliamentary editorial office of Het Vrije Volk from 1948 to November 1956 .
Member of Parliament, Editor-in-Chief and Associate in The Hague
On November 6, 1956, Vrolijk was elected as a candidate for the Partij van de Arbeid for the first time as a member of the Second Chamber of the States General, of which he was a member until June 5, 1963.
In addition to his parliamentary work, he continued to work as a journalist and in 1957 was editor of the regional newspaper De Friese Koerier, which appeared in particular in the province of Friesland , and then between 1958 and 1961 editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Haags Dagblad .
He was also involved in local politics in The Hague in the first half of the 1960s and was a member of The Hague City Council from September 4, 1962 to April 14, 1965. In addition, he acted simultaneously from September 4, 1962 to April 14, 1965 as an alderman ( Wethouder ) of the city of The Hague, where he was responsible for teaching, art and sport.
Minister, Commissioner to the Queen and Member of the Council of State
Prime Minister Jo Cals appointed Vrolijk as Minister for Culture, Leisure and Social Work (Minister van Cultuur, Recreatie en Maatschappelijk Werk) on April 14, 1965 in his cabinet, to which he was a member until November 22, 1966. In this role, he advocated the construction of sports halls and community centers and presented a law regulating broadcasting.
For his many years of service, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Dutch Lion on December 5, 1966 .
After leaving the cabinet, he became a member of the Second Chamber of the States General on February 23, 1967 and represented the interests of the PvdA until March 10, 1972. During this time, he was initially from February 21 to November 1, 1967 Member of the board and then second vice-chairman of the PvdA parliamentary group , before he was last vice-chairman of the PvdA parliamentary group in the second chamber between March 11, 1969 and March 10, 1972. At the same time, he was a member of the PvdA's executive committee from November 25, 1967 to April 1, 1972.
Vrolijk was appointed Commissioner of the Queen (Commissaris van de Koningin) in the province of South Holland on February 21, 1972 by Queen Juliana . He officially held this post after taking office on April 1, 1972 until June 1, 1984. For his services as Commissioner of the Queen, he was appointed Commander on April 27, 1979 and on May 24, 1984 as Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau appointed.
He then became a member of the Council of State in extraordinary service on December 1, 1984 (Raad van State in buitengewone Dienst) and was a member of this government advisory body until June 1, 1989.
Vrolijk was the father of the musician Marco Vrolijk , who was a drummer and co-founder of the Dutch fusion and progressive rock band Supersister in 1967 .
Publications
- Vandaag , 1940
- In Mora , 1942
- Tusschen de stormen , 1945
Background literature
- F. Groeneveld: Maarten Vrolijk 1919-1994; Gewetensvol politicus , in: NRC Handelsblad of February 9, 1994
- Vrolijk bleef de Nacht different zien dan Schmelzer. Cals viel om de omroep , in: Trouw of February 10, 1994
Web links
- CV in Parlement & Politiek
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vrolijk, Maarten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch politician (PvdA), journalist and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scheveningen , The Hague |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1994 |
| Place of death | The hague |