Theo Bot
Theodorus "Theo" Hendrikus Bot (* July 20, 1911 in Dordrecht , Province of South Holland ; † September 24, 1984 in The Hague ) was a Dutch politician of the Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP), who was among other things State Secretary, Minister and Ambassador in Canada and in Austria was.
Life
Studies, captivity and professional career
After attending the Gemeentelijk Gymnasium in Apeldoorn in 1930, Bot began studying Indian law at the Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht , which he completed in September 1936. In the meantime he also graduated from the school for reserve officers of the mounted artillery SROBA ( School voor Reserve-Officieren der Bereden-Artillerie ) in Ede and was most recently reserve lieutenant of the mounted artillery.
After completing his studies, he was a civil servant in the East Asian Service for the Dutch East Indies in Purwakarta and Sukabumi from 1936 to 1942 . During the Second World War, he did his military service there at the same time since 1940, before March 8, 1942 Java in captivity came, he in up to 30 September 1945 Burma and Thailand spent.
After returning to the Netherlands on March 21, 1946, Bot was acting head of the department for the preparation of constitutional reforms in the Ministry for Overseas Territories ( Ministerie van Overzeese Rijksdelen ) until June 1, 1948 and then acting head of the department until March 1, 1949 Political department at the General Secretariat for the Dutch East Indies, before he was political advisor to the High Representative of the Crown in the Dutch East Indies from March 1, 1949 to January 1, 1950 .
From January 1, 1950 to March 1, 1954, Bot worked at the same time as an advisor in the general service of the Ministry for Union Affairs and Overseas Territories ( Ministerie van Uniezaken en Overzeese Rijksdelen ) and as Deputy Secretary General of the Dutch-Indonesian Union . He then acted from March 1, 1954 to November 23, 1959 as Head of Division for Western Cooperation with NATO and WEU in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken ). For his services he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Dutch Lion on April 29, 1957 .
State Secretary, Minister and Ambassador
On November 23, 1959 Bot was appointed State Secretary for Affairs of Dutch New Guinea in the Ministry of the Interior ( Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken ) by Prime Minister Jan de Quay in his cabinet and held this position until July 24, 1963. Most recently, he was a representative of the Catholic Church Volkspartij (KVP) from July 2 to 24, 1963, briefly member of the Second Chamber of the States General .
De Quay's successor, Victor Marijnen , appointed Bot Minister for Education, Art and Science ( Minister van Onderwijs, Kunsten en Wetenschappen ) in his cabinet on July 24, 1963 , and held this ministerial office until April 14, 1965. He was then appointed by the new Prime Minister Jo Cals was appointed Minister without Portfolio in his cabinet on April 14, 1965 with responsibility for aid to developing countries . This ministerial post he held in the then Prime Minister Jelle Zijlstra formed government made until 5 April 1967th After leaving the government, he was appointed Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau on April 17, 1967 .
After Bot had been on leave since April 1967, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Canada in September 1967 and held this office from January 17, 1968 to July 1973. He then acted as ambassador to Austria from July 1973 to August 1, 1976 and was also head of the permanent representation at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna .
In 1979 Bot was chairman of the National Commission Foundation for the International Year of the Child.
His son Ben Bot was also the ambassador and foreign minister of the Netherlands from 2003 to 2007 .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bot, Theo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bot, Theodorus Hendrikus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dordrecht , South Holland Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1984 |
| Place of death | The hague |