Jan de Quay

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In this Dutch name, the surname is De Quay.
His Excellency
Jan de Quay
De Quay in 1962
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office
19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963
MonarchJuliana
Deputy
See list
Preceded by
Minister of War
In office
4 April 1945 – 25 June 1945
Prime MinisterPieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Preceded byJim de Booy (Ad interim)
Succeeded byJo Meynen
Personal details
Born
Jan Eduard de Quay

(1901-08-26)26 August 1901
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Died4 July 1985(1985-07-04) (aged 83)
Beers, Netherlands
Political partyChristian Democratic Appeal
(from 1980)
Other political
affiliations		Catholic People's Party
(1945–1980)
Roman Catholic State Party (until 1945)
Spouse
Maria van der Lande
​
(m. 1927)​
Children5 sons and 4 daughters
Alma materUtrecht University
(BAp, BLitt, Psy.M, MLitt, PsyD)
Stanford University
(MSSc)
OccupationPolitician · Psychologist · Sociologist · Researcher · Management consultant · Academic administrator · Author · Professor
Military service
Allegiance Netherlands
Branch/serviceRoyal Netherlands Army
Years of service1939–1940 (Conscription)
1944–1948 (Reserve)
Rank Major
UnitMedical Services
Battles/warsWorld War II

Jan Eduard de Quay (26 August 1901 – 4 July 1985) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and psychologist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 19 May 1959 until 24 July 1963.[1]

De Quay studied

Queen's Commissioner of North Brabant taking office on 1 November 1946. After the election of 1959 De Quay was persuaded to lead a new cabinet. Following a successful cabinet formation De Quay formed the Cabinet De Quay and became Prime Minister of the Netherlands
taking office on 19 May 1959.

Before the

Minister of Transport and Water Management in the caretaker Cabinet Zijlstra
taking office on 22 November 1966. Shortly thereafter De Quay announced that he would decline to serve in new cabinet and returned to the Senate serving from 13 June 1967 until 16 September 1969.

De Quay retired from active politics at 68 and became active in the

social security and dealing with several major crises such as the West New Guinea dispute. De Quay withdrew from public life and lived in retirement until his death in July 1985 at the age of 83. He holds the distinction as the leading the first cabinet to have completed a full term after World War II and his premiership is consistently regarded both by scholars and the public to have been average.[2][3][4][5]

Biography

Early life

Jan Eduard de Quay was born in

University of Utrecht
in 1926. The following year he was awarded a doctorate for his thesis on the contribution of sensory and motor factors to the learning and labour process.

Prime Minister of Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman and Prime Minister Jan de Quay at Airport Schiphol on 26 May 1960.
Vice President of India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Jan de Quay at a meeting at the Ministry of General Affairs on 18 October 1961.

In 1928 he was appointed lecturer in psychotechnology at the Catholic college of higher education in Tilburg (now the

Hans Linthorst Homan. This Union was controversial because its leaders suggested partial collaboration with the German occupiers. In August 1940 De Quay started secret meetings with the fascistic Nationaal Front in order to fuse the two organisations. During these talks De Quay called himself a fascist, the Union a fascistic organisation and said that he rejected democracy. In May and June of the same year he was government commissioner for labour at the Ministry of Social Affairs. In this position he encouraged the Dutch population to seek employment in Germany. From July 1942 to June 1943 he was interned in Haaren, after which he went into hiding from the occupation authorities. This lasted until June 1943, when he went into hiding. Following the liberation of the area south of the rivers in late 1944, he became chairman of the Board of Commissioners for Agriculture, Industry, Trade and Commerce set up to restore the national economy.[6]

Politics

From 5 April until 23 June 1945, De Quay was

Queen's Commissioner of North Brabant
until 19 May 1959.

He served as

UN
.

Shortly after the installation of the new government, minister of defence Ven den Bergh resigned for personal reasons (family affairs with his United States wife and children). In 1962, the new minister of defence Visser also had to resign after protests against his dismissal of a critical civil servant. In 1961 minister Van Rooy of social affairs resigned after criticism of how he dealt with the new child benefit law. His post was taken over by former state secretary Veldkamp, whose now vacant former position in turn was taken over by Gijzels. In 1963, a proposal to install commercial television was not accepted.

He served as a

Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management and Deputy Prime Minister from 22 November 1966 until 5 April 1967. On 13 June 1967 he again was a Member of the Senate
until 16 September 1969.

Personal life

On 8 August 1927, De Quay married Maria van der Lande (29 August 1901 – 6 November 1988). De Quay died on 4 July 1985 in

Beers, he was 83.[7]

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre Holy See
Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands 27 July 1963 Elevated from Commander (29 April 1959)
Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Netherlands 27 April 1967 Elevated from Knight (17 September 1946)

References

  1. ^ "Quay, Jan Eduard de (1901-1985)" (in Dutch). Huygens ING. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Jan Eduard de Quay (1901-1985)" (in Dutch). Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum. 5 September 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  3. ^ (in Dutch) Willem Drees gekozen tot 'Dé premier na WO II', Geschiedenis24.nl, 15 January 2006
  4. ^ (in Dutch) NRC-enquête: Drees en Lubbers beste premiers sinds 1900, NRC Handelsblad, 28 September 2013
  5. ^ (in Dutch) I&O Research, I&O Research, 13 March 2020
  6. ^ "Met het CDA op weg naar de fascistische heilstaat" (in Dutch). Vrijspreker.nl. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Quay, Jan Eduard de" (in Dutch). Uitgeverij A. van den Oord. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

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Official
Political offices
Preceded by
Jim de Booy
Ad interim
Minister of War

1945 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Queen's Commissioner
of North Brabant

1946–1959 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of General Affairs
1959–1963 		Succeeded by
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1959–1963
Preceded by
Minister of Defence

Ad interim
1959 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Prime Minister
1966–1967
With: Barend Biesheuvel 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of Transport
and Water Management

1966–1967
Academic offices
Preceded by Rector Magnificus of the
Tilburg University
1938–1939 		Succeeded by
Hendrik Kaag
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