Willem Hoefnagels

Willem Hoefnagels

Willem Leonard Gerard Servatius Hoefnagels (born May 13, 1929 in Kerkrade , † February 14, 1978 in Bloemendaal-Aerdenhout ) was a Dutch scientist and politician . He was a trained economist . His area of ​​expertise was finance .

family

Hoefnagel's father was Adrianus Leonardus Gerardus Hoefnagels, who was born in Roermond and worked for the local government in Kerkrade for a long time . He was married to Maria Elisabeth Crombach from Kerkrade , who was also Willem Hoefnagel's mother.

Willem Hoefnagels was married. He and his wife had a total of seven children.

School and university career

After primary school, Hofnagels attended the Roman Catholic high school St. Bernardinus in Heerlen from 1942 to 1945 . From there he moved to the Roman Catholic grammar school of the Rolduc monastery, where he was a student between 1945 and 1947. In the end, however, he switched back to the Bernardinus College in Heerlen, where he obtained his degree from 1947 to 1949. After graduating from high school, Hoefnagels began his financial studies at the Rijksasteningacademie in Rotterdam. The course lasted from 1949 to 1954. After successfully completing his studies, he began further studies in business administration at the Nederlandse Economische Hogeschool (Dutch business school), also in Rotterdam. He finally did his doctorate in 1961 at the Katholieke Economische Hogeschool in Tilburg.

Professional career

Hoefnagels initially worked for the Dutch tax authorities in Rotterdam between 1954 and the summer of 1957 . From there he switched to the state miners based in Heerlen . There he held various positions between 1957 and 1967. He then took on a board post at the Dutch NV Bank voor Handel en Scheepvaart te Rotterdam for two years . From there he moved to Koninklijke Scholten-Honig NV in 1969. Here he also held a board position, but initially worked primarily as a financial advisor for the company. As early as 1971 he became the deputy chairman of the board of directors there , and in 1972 he was appointed company boss . He held this position until shortly before his death in early 1978.

Outside employment

In addition to his main job and his political activities, Hoefnagels was also elected to various supervisory boards, including the Dutch supermarket chain Edah NV in Helmond and A. en N. Mutsaers' Wollenstoffenfabrieken BV in Tilburg , one of the more important Dutch textile companies at the time. For ABN Amro , at that time still Amsterdamm-Rotterdam Bank , he acted for several years as an advisor and member of the Raad van Advies there .

Limburg Province

As a semi-political office, Willem Hoefnagels held the post of economic and financial advisor for the province of Limburg in the initial phase of the colliery closure and restructuring process in the Limburg coal industry , who was essentially responsible for the structural measures to maintain economic strength and the creation of as many replacement jobs as possible. However, he ended this activity when he left the Staatsmijnen in 1967.

Political career

As a member of the Dutch KVP , he was appointed State Secretary for Fiscal and Tax Affairs in the cabinet under Prime Minister Jo Cals in 1965 . He played a major role in the creation of the Law on the Taxation of Motor Vehicles. However, Hoefnagels was one of the few Christian Democrats who did not return to the interim cabinet that was subsequently formed by Prime Minister Jelle Zijlstra for personal reasons . He had previously been accused of having supported the tax planning in 1966, despite his knowledge of their weaknesses, and thus being responsible for the resulting problems. From then on he concentrated on his professional career.

Award

On December 5, 1966, Hofnagels was knighted in the Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw (Order of the Dutch Lion).

Publications

• De invloed van fiscale afschrijvingen en investeringsaftrek op financiering, rentabiliteit en kostprijs (Dissertation, 1961)
• Is het mogelijk de inkomsten- en loonhabening te vereenvoudigen door wijziging van de structuur? (Memorandum, 1966)

Web links

• Hoefnagels on the website of the Dutch parliament portal Parlement.com .