Johannes Kielstra
Johannes Kielstra | |
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Governor-General of Suriname | |
In office 16 August 1933 – 3 January 1944 | |
Preceded by | Bram Rutgers |
Succeeded by | Johannes Brons |
Ambassador of the Netherlands to Mexico | |
In office January 1944 – 1948 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Johannes Coenraad Kielstra 13 November 1878 Zwartsluis, Netherlands |
Died | 1 April 1951 Monaco | (aged 72)
Political party | National Union |
Occupation | Diplomat, professor |
Johannes Coenraad Kielstra (13 November 1878 – 1 April 1951) was a Dutch professor and Governor of Suriname from 1933 until 1944. During
Biography
Kielstra was born on 13 November 1878 in
In 1918, Kielstra was appointed professor of colonial political science and economics at
On 16 August 1933, Kielstra was appointed
The German invasion of the Netherlands resulted in a declaration of a State of emergency in Suriname. Kielstra used the state of emergency to increase his power and circumvent the Estates.[6]: 160 The marriage law was put in effect by decree in 1940.[3] It was repealed in 1973.[7]
Back in 1938, Kielstra had involuntarily committed Louis Doedel, a trade unionist, in a psychiatric hospital.[8] He would use his increased authority against political opponents. Eddy Bruma and Otto Huiswoud were arrested and imprisoned without trial.[9][10]
On 23 July 1943,[1] Wim Bos Verschuur, a member of the Estates, petitioned Queen Wilhelmina to remove Kielstra from office. On 30 July 1943, he was arrested and interned without trial.[6]: 162 Subsequently, all elected members of the Estates handed in their resignation.[3] On 28 December 1943,[1] he was given an honourable discharge by the Dutch government-in-exile.[2]
In 1944, Kielstra was appointed Ambassador of the Netherlands to Mexico with an accreditation for Guatemala, and served until his retirement in 1948.[2] He moved to Monaco, and died on 1 April 1951 at the age of 72.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Museumstof 74: Wim Bos Verschuur, de sika in de pels van Kielstra". Surinaams Museum (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mr. J.C. Kielstra". Parliament of the Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f E. van Laar. "Kielstra, Johannes Coenraad (1878-1951)". Biographical Dictionary of the Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Prof.mr.dr. J.C. Kielstra (1878 - 1951)". Catalogus Professorum Academiae Rheno-Traiectinae (=University of Utrecht) (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ A.J.J. Meershoek (1999). Dienaren van het gezag. De Amsterdamse politie tijdens de bezetting (PDF) (Thesis) (in Dutch). University of Amsterdam. p. 149-150. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ a b Johan Ferrier (1995). "De Unie Suriname". OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Kindhuwelijken, leeftijd en seksualiteit". Dagblad Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 December 2021.
The 1973 law is still controversial, because the minimum age for women is 15 and men 17 violating both the equality principle and the age of consent.
- ^ "Louis Doedel (1905-1980)". Vakbonds Historie (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "BRUMA, Eddy Johan". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Otto Eduard Gerardus Majella Huiswoud". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 December 2021.