Kees Boertien

Christian Democratic Group
Christian Democratic Group
Constituency	Netherlands
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 28 May 1973 – 16 January 1975
	In office; 7 December 1972 – 7 March 1973
	In office; 18 May 1965 – 6 July 1971
Parliamentary group	Anti-Revolutionary Party
Personal details
Born	Cornelis Boertien; 26 July 1927; Enschede, Netherlands
Died	30 May 2002 (aged 74); Vlissingen, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal ; (from 1980)
Other political; affiliations	Anti-Revolutionary Party ; (until 1980)
Spouse	Johanna Velema (m. 1954)
Children	3 children
Alma mater	Utrecht University ; (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws) ; Free University Amsterdam ; (Doctor of Law)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Researcher · Accountant · Management consultant · Corporate director · Nonprofit director

Cornelis "Kees" Boertien (26 July 1927 – 30 May 2002) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist.

Boertien attended a

majoring in Law and obtaining a Bachelor of Laws degree in July 1948 and worked as student researcher before graduating with a Master of Laws degree on 13 December 1952. Boertien worked as an office clerk for a printing office in Zwolle from June 1946 until August 1947 and for an insurance company in Utrecht from August 1947 until December 1952. Boertien worked as an accountant for the Institute of Registered Accountants from December 1952 until September 1960. Boertien worked as a paralegal for Philips in Eindhoven from September 1960 until October 1965. Boertien applied at the Free University Amsterdam in July 1958 for a postgraduate education in Law and worked as a researcher at the Free University Amsterdam before he got an doctorate as an Doctor of Law on 13 April 1962. Boertien served on the Anti-Revolutionary Party Executive Board

from February 1960 until May 1965.

Boertien became a

State Secretary for Education and Sciences in the new cabinet, taking office on 28 May 1973 serving as a frontbencher chairing the parliamentary committee for Kingdom Relations and the special parliamentary committee for European Parliamentary Reforms and spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Defence, European Affairs, Benelux Union and deputy spokesperson for Medical Ethics and Abortion

.

In December 1974 Boertien was nominated as Queen's Commissioner of Zeeland, he resigned as Member of the House of Representatives the same day he was installed as Queen's Commissioner, serving from 16 January 1975 until 1 August 1992. Boertien also became active in the private sector and public sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Advisory Council for Spatial Planning, Council for Culture, Cadastre Agency and the Public Pension Funds PFZW).

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date
Honours
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	8 June 1973
	Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	1 August 1992

References

External links

Official

(in Dutch) Dr. C. (Kees) Boertien Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded by Bé Udink as Minister for Aid to Developing Countries	Minister for Development Cooperation 1971–1973	Succeeded by Jan Pronk
Preceded by Jan van Aartsen	Queen's Commissioner of Zeeland 1975–1992	Succeeded by Wim van Gelder

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Labour Party	Wim Albers Nel Barendregt Jan Broeksz Jaap Burger Marinus van der Goes van Naters Arie van der Hek Reint Laan Cees Laban Jan Lamberts Gerard Nederhorst Ad Oele Schelto Patijn Siep Posthumus Jan Pronk Max van der Stoel Henk Vredeling Ep Wieldraaijer
Catholic People's Party	Marius van Amelsvoort Pieter Blaisse Tiemen Brouwer Flip van Campen M.M.A.A. Janssen Pierre Lardinois Joep Mommersteeg Harrij Notenboom Kees van der Ploeg Kees Raedts Piet van der Sanden Maan Sassen Wim Schuijt Wim Vergeer Tjerk Westerterp
Anti-Revolutionary Party	Barend Biesheuvel Jaap Boersma Kees Boertien Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman Cees Hazenbosch Jan de Koning Willem Rip Jacqueline Rutgers
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Baas Cees Berkhouwer Frederik Gerard van Dijk Henk Korthals Jo Schouwenaar-Franssen Bob de Wilde
Christian Historical Union	Corstiaan Bos Johan van Hulst Franz Lichtenauer Durk van der Mei Willem Scholten Teun Tolman
Democrats 66	Doeke Eisma Maarten Engwirda
Political Party of Radicals	Henk Waltmans
Communist Party of the Netherlands	Wessel Hartog

v t e Second Biesheuvel cabinet (1972–1973)
Preceded: First Biesheuvel cabinet Succeed: Den Uyl cabinet
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Roelof Nelissen (Finance) Molly Geertsema (Interior)
Ministers	Norbert Schmelzer (Foreign Affairs) Dries van Agt (Justice) Economic Affairs ) Hans de Koster (Defence) Louis Stuyt (Health and Environment) Jaap Boersma (Social Affairs) Chris van Veen (Education and Sciences) Bé Udink (Transport and Water Management and Housing and Spatial Planning) Pierre Lardinois (Agriculture and Fisheries) (1972–1973) Jaap Boersma (Agriculture and Fisheries) (Ad interim) Piet Engels (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs ) (1972–1973) Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs ) (from 1973) Kees Boertien (Development Cooperation) Higher Education and Science Policy )
State Secretaries	Tjerk Westerterp (Foreign Affairs) Willem Scholten (Finance) Fons van der Stee (Finance) Hans Grosheide (Justice) Economic Affairs ) Adri van Es (Defence) (1972) Koos Rietkerk (Social Affairs) Kees Schelfhout (Education and Sciences) Roelof Kruisinga (Transport and Water Management) Werner Buck (Housing and Spatial Planning) Henk Vonhoff (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

v t e First Biesheuvel cabinet (1971–1972)
Preceded: De Jong cabinet Succeed: Second Biesheuvel cabinet
Prime Minister	Barend Biesheuvel (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Roelof Nelissen (Finance) Molly Geertsema (Interior)
Ministers	Norbert Schmelzer (Foreign Affairs) Dries van Agt (Justice) Economic Affairs ) Hans de Koster (Defence) Louis Stuyt (Health and the Environment) Jaap Boersma (Social Affairs) Chris van Veen (Education and Sciences) Willem Drees Jr. (Transport and Water Management) (1971–1972) Bé Udink (Transport and Water Management) (from 1972) Pierre Lardinois (Agriculture and Fisheries) Bé Udink (Housing and Spatial Planning) Piet Engels (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs ) (1971–1972) Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs ) (from 1972) Kees Boertien (Development Cooperation) Mauk de Brauw (Higher Education and Science Policy) (1971–1972) Chris van Veen (Higher Education and Science Policy) (from 1972)
State Secretaries	Jan van Stuijvenberg (Interior) (1971–1972) Tjerk Westerterp (Foreign Affairs) Willem Scholten (Finance) Fons van der Stee (Finance) Hans Grosheide (Justice) Economic Affairs ) Adri van Es (Defence) Koos Rietkerk (Social Affairs) Kees Schelfhout (Education and Sciences) Roelof Kruisinga (Transport and Water Management) Werner Buck (Housing and Spatial Planning) Fia van Veenendaal-van Meggelen (Culture, Recreation and Social Work) (1971–1972) Henk Vonhoff (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)