Jan Buiskool

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Jan Buiskool
Prime Minister of Suriname
In office
4 June 1951 – 6 September 1952
MonarchJuliana
Preceded byJacques Drielsma
Succeeded byAdriaan Alberga
Personal details
Born
Johannes Ate Eildert Buiskool

(1899-09-15)15 September 1899
Koedijk, Netherlands
Died30 October 1960(1960-10-30) (aged 61)
Gorssel, Netherlands
Political partyIndependent

Jan Buiskool (15 September 1899 – 30 October 1960) was Surinamese Prime Minister and judge in Suriname, the Netherlands and Tangier.[1]

Biography

Buiskool was born as Johannes Ate Eildert Buiskool on 15 September 1899 in Koedijk, Netherlands.[1] His father was a Protestant minister.[2] On 6 September 1902, his father received an appointment in Suriname, and the family emigrated to Suriname[3] where Buiskool spent his childhood. He returned to the Netherlands to study, and graduated in Dutch Law in June 1929[2] from the University of Amsterdam[4] and was appointed judge.[2] In 1935, he received his doctorate on a thesis about the Independence of the Philippines.[4]

In 1939, Buiskool wrote Surinaamsch Staatsrecht about the

Liberation of the Netherlands, Buiskool was appointed acting mayor of Schagen.[6]

In December 1945, Buiskool was appointed to the High Court of Justice of Suriname.[7] In 1947,[8] he was appointed acting Governor-General.[7] In 1948, he became a member of the Round Table Conference about the future of the Dutch empire.[2] Buiskool would become one of the main authors of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands in which Suriname became a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.[9]

In 1951,

Estates of Suriname. Not only were complaints raised about his frequent absences, Jopie Pengel (NPS) and Soekdew Mungra [nl] (VHP) questioned the validity a SRG 6,000.- declaration for expenses.[11] Buiskool returned to Suriname, and defended himself against the accusations on 25 August 1952. After his defence, Johan Kraag, the Chairman of the Estates, considered the matter closed, however Buiskool asked to be dismissed as Prime Minister.[12]

In August 1953, Buiskool was appointed as one of the three judges for the Tangier International Zone.[13] In 1958, he returned to the Netherlands and was appointed judge in Deventer.[14]

Buiskool died on 30 October 1960 in Gorssel at the age of 61.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Johannes Buiskool". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Verloedering (deel 1)". Dagblad Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Hendrik Buiskool". Open Archives (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "J.A.E. Buiskool, 1899 - 1960". Album Academicum University of Amsterdam (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  5. ^ J.J. Schrieke (1937). "Surinaams Staatsrecht". De Gids (in Dutch). p. 221.
  6. ^ "Muziektuin". Geheugen van Schagen (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "De Suriname Plannen". Werkgroep Caraibische Letteren (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  8. ^ "The Governors of Suriname". Troon. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  9. ISBN 9021414007
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  10. ISBN 99914-935-2-2. Archived from the original
    on 2007-03-10.
  11. ^ "Scherpe Critiek op Buiskool". Amigoe di Curacao via Delpher.nl (in Dutch). 21 July 1952.
  12. ^ "Buiskool vraagt inwillig ontslag". Algemeen Dagblad via Delpher.nl (in Dutch). 26 August 1952. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Mr Buiskool rechter in tribunaal van Tanger". Overijsselsch dagblad via Delpher (in Dutch). 29 August 1953. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Kantonrechter te Deventer". Trouw via Delpher (in Dutch). 29 May 1958. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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