Roelof Nelissen

Roelof Nelissen (1971)

Roelof Johannus Nelissen (born April 4, 1931 in Hoofdplaat , Zeeland province ; † July 18, 2019 ) was a Dutch bank manager and politician of the Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP) and later of the Christian Democratisch Appèl (CDA), who among other things was Vice-Prime Minister, Minister and member of the Second Chamber of the States General .

Life

Professional career and MP

After attending elementary school in Hoofdplaat and the boarding school IJpelaar in Dongen studied Nelissen Law at the Catholic University of Nijmegen and graduated in 1956 from. He did his military service in the medical service of the armed forces and was finally promoted to sergeant .

After completing his studies, he initially worked for a short time at the social fund of the construction industry in Amsterdam , before he was then from December 1956 to June 1962 Vice-Secretary of the Roman-Catholic Mittelstandsbond ( Nederlandse Rooms-Katholieke Middenstandsbond , NRKM). Subsequently, he was general secretary of the NRKM until September 1968, which was later renamed the Catholic Business Association ( Nederlands Katholiek Ondernemersverbond , NKOV).

Nelissen's political career began when he was elected as a candidate for the KVP in June 1963 as a member of the Second Chamber of the States General, which was a member until January 1970. During his membership in parliament he was second secretary of the second parliamentary group of the KVP from December 1963 to December 1967 and then until January 1970 secretary of the KVP parliamentary group in the second chamber.

In addition, from September 1968 to July 1969 he was secretary of the Federation of Catholic and Christian Business Associations ( Federatie van Katholieke en Christelijke Ondernemersverbonden ).

Minister and Vice Prime Minister

Biesheuvel cabinet on July 6, 1971: Nelissen (1st row, 3rd from left) next to Queen Juliana and Prime Minister Barend Biesheuvel (5th from left) with the other ministers

On January 14, 1970, Nelissen was appointed by Prime Minister Piet de Jong as Minister of Economic Affairs in his cabinet as part of a cabinet reshuffle and held this office as the successor to Johan Witteveen , who was the acting successor of Leo de Block , until the end of de Jong's term on 6 January 1970 July 1971. Most recently he was again a member of the Second Chamber of the States General from May to July 1971 and during this time also deputy chairman of the CIP parliamentary group.

On July 6, 1971, de Jong's successor as Prime Minister, Barend Biesheuvel , appointed him Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in his cabinet , to which he was a member until the end of Biesheuvel's tenure on May 11, 1973. At the same time, from July 6, 1971 to January 28, 1972, he was appointed minister for the coordination of the affairs of Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles , before Pierre Lardinois, a separate minister for this department, was appointed to the cabinet. In addition, from December 1972 to March 1973 he was again a member of the Second Chamber of the States General.

For his political merits he was appointed Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau on June 8, 1973 . In addition, he became a Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium .

CEO of ABN AMRO

Chairman of the board of NV AMRO-Bank Roelof Nelissen (1985)

After leaving the government and parliament, Nelissen moved to the private sector and was initially an advisor to the board of the Amsterdam-Rotterdam Bank (NV AMRO-Bank) between September 1973 and September 1974, before becoming vice-chairman until 1979 and then from June 1983 to September 1990 was chairman of the board of NV AMRO-Bank.

After the merger of NV AMRO-Bank with Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN), Nelissen became CEO of the resulting ABN AMRO in September 1990 and held this position until May 1992.

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• Parlement & Politiek
• Netherlands Ministries (rulers.org)