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Antoon "Teun" Arnold Marie Struycken (born December 27, 1906 in Breda , Province of North Brabant , † December 1, 1977 in The Hague ) was a Dutch politician of the Roomsch-Katholieke Staatspartij (RKSP) and later the Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP), the was at times Vice Prime Minister and Minister several times and was a member of the Council of State ( Raad van State ) for around 17 years .
Life
Lawyer and local politician
Struycken completed after visiting the Roman Catholic school Onze Lieve Vrouwe Lyceum in Breda and the school Augustinianum in Eindhoven a degree in law at the Catholic University of Nijmegen , where he graduated 1,932th He then took up a position as a lawyer in Breda until 1950 .
In addition, Struycken began his political career in local politics and represented the interests of the Roomsch-Katholieke Staatspartij (RKSP) as a member of the city council of Breda from September 3, 1935 to September 1, 1941. During this time he was also chairman of the RKSP faction from 1935 to 1938 . In addition, he was between July 4, 1939 and September 1, 1941 member of the Provinciale Staten of the province of North Brabant and from September 5, 1939 to November 15, 1941 alderman ( Wethouder ) of Breda.
During the occupation of the Netherlands by the German Wehrmacht Struycken lost its political positions and worked since 1941 as head of the social services of the company Hollandsche Kunstzijde industry in Breda before he between May 1942 and January 1944 in the internment Beekvliet in Sint-Michielsgestel was interned. During this time he was also a member of the Advisory Board for Internees.
After his release, he served again from November 1944 to July 1950 as an alderman for Breda, where he was responsible for finances and utilities and shortly afterwards also for refugees and displaced persons. In 1945 he was also Vice Mayor and between November 1945 and September 2, 1946 also a member of the Provisional City Council, before he was again a member of the Breda City Council from September 2, 1946 to July 10, 1950. At the same time, between August 1945 and July 1950 he was a board member of the Center for Citizenship Education ( Centrum voor Staatkundige Vorming ), the scientific institute of the KVP, and in 1948 chairman of its commission for party law.
minister
On July 10, 1950, Struycken, who had been a member of the Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP) since 1945, was appointed Minister of Justice ( Minister van Justitie ) by Prime Minister Willem Drees and held this position in the Drees / Van Schaik cabinet until March 15, 1951. For his On April 3, 1951, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Dutch Lion . He then served as governor of the Netherlands Antilles from April 13, 1951 to October 1956 .
Then Prime Minister Drees appointed him Vice Prime Minister as well as Minister of the Interior, Wealth Creation and Public Service Organization ( Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken, Bezitsvorming en Publiekrechtelijke Bedrijfsorganisatie ) in his third cabinet and held these offices in the second one formed by Drees' successor Louis Beel Government from December 22, 1958 to May 19, 1959. At the same time, from December 22, 1958 to May 19, 1959, he temporarily took over the office of Minister of Justice. On June 9, 1959 he was appointed Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau .
After leaving the cabinet, Struycken was appointed a member of the Council of State (Raad van State) on November 1, 1959 and was a member of this constitutional body to advise the government until November 22, 1966. He also became a member of the Board of Directors of Hollandsche Bank-Unie (HBU) on January 1, 1962 .
On November 22, 1966, he again took over the office of Minister of Justice, this time in the cabinet formed by Prime Minister Jelle Zijlstra , to which he was a member until the end of Zijlstra's term on April 5, 1967. After leaving the government, he was reappointed a member of the Raad van State on April 12, 1967 and was a member of it until his death. In 1967 he became a member of the Board of Trustees of the Catholic University of Tilburg .
His uncle Antonius Alexis Hendricus was also a member of the Raad van State between 1914 and 1923 and a long-time professor of constitutional and international law and general political science at the University of Amsterdam .
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| SURNAME | Struycken, Teun |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Struycken, Antoon Arnold Marie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Breda , North Brabant Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st December 1977 |
| Place of death | The hague |