Jan Heemskerk

Jan Heemskerk
Portrait by Johan Heinrich Neuman, 1896

16th & 19th Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 23 April 1883 – 20 April 1888
Monarch	William III
Preceded by	Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg
Succeeded by	Æneas, Baron Mackay
In office 27 August 1874 – 3 November 1877
Monarch	William III
Preceded by	Gerrit de Vries
Succeeded by	Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello
Personal details
Born	Jan Heemskerk Abrahamszoon (1818-07-30)30 July 1818 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	9 October 1897(1897-10-09) (aged 79) The Hague, Netherlands
Spouse(s)	Anna Maria Heemskerk
Children	8
Occupation	Lawyer
Religion	Remonstrant

Jan Heemskerk Abrahamszoon (Dutch pronunciation: [jɑn ˈɦeːmskɛrk ˈaːbraːɦɑmsˌsoːn]; 30 July 1818 – 9 October 1897) was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1874 to 1877, and again from 1883 to 1888. His son, Theo Heemskerk also served as Prime Minister.

Biography

Jan Heemskerk in c. 1860.

Jan Heemskerk Abrahamszoon was born on 30 July 1818 in Amsterdam. He was the son of Abraham Heemskerk and Joanna Jacoba Stuart.^[1]

He studied law and became a lawyer, then a member of the House of Representatives. Originally a liberal politician, he became a conservative in 1866, and remained this in his Premiership.

He was three times Ministers of the Interior (1866–1868; 1874–1877; 1883–1888) and three times temporary chairman of the Council of Ministers, similar to the present-day Prime Minister, (1867–1868; 1874–1877; 1883–1888). He was Minister of State from 1885 to his death.^[1]

Heemskerk died on 9 October 1897, at the age of 79, in The Hague.^[1]

Personal life

Heemskerk married his first cousin Anna Maria Heemskerk on 1 October 1846 in Utrecht. They had 5 sons, one of whom died in infancy, and 3 daughters.^[1] His son Theo Heemskerk (1852–1932) was Prime Minister from 1908 to 1913.^[2] His son Jan Frederik Heemskerk (1867–1944) was a member of the House of Representatives.^[3]

Published works

Heemskerk's published works include

De praktijk onzer grondwet. 2 vols. (Utrecht: J. L. Beijers, 1881.)
Speciminis inauguralis de Montesquivio pars prior [-altera]. 2 vols. (Amstelodami: J.H. et G. van Heteren, 1839.)

References

1 2 3 4 (Dutch) Mr.Dr. J. (Jan) Heemskerk Azn., Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved on 7 March 2015.
↑ (Dutch) Mr. Th. (Theo) Heemskerk, Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved on 7 March 2015.
↑ (Dutch) J.F. (Jan) Heemskerk, Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved on 7 March 2015.

External links

Media related to Jan Heemskerk at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by Johan Herman Geertsema	Minister of the Interior 1866–1868	Succeeded by Cornelis Fock
Preceded by Johan Herman Geertsema	Minister of the Interior 1874–1877	Succeeded by Willem Six
Preceded by Gerrit de Vries	Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1874–1877	Succeeded by Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello
Preceded by Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk	Minister of the Interior 1883–1888	Succeeded by Æneas, Baron Mackay
Preceded by Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg	Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1883–1888	Succeeded by Æneas, Baron Mackay

Prime Ministers of the Netherlands

Schimmelpenninck De Kempenaer Thorbecke Van Hall Van der Brugghen Rochussen Van Hall Ja. Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Heemstra Thorbecke Fransen van de Putte Ju. Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Bosse Thorbecke De Vries J. Heemskerk Kappeyne van de Coppello Van Lynden van Sandenburg J. Heemskerk Mackay Van Tienhoven Roëll Pierson Kuyper De Meester T. Heemskerk Cort van der Linden Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Colijn De Geer Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Colijn De Geer Gerbrandy Schermerhorn Beel Drees Beel De Quay Marijnen Cals Zijlstra De Jong Biesheuvel Den Uyl Van Agt Lubbers Kok Balkenende Rutte

Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands

Ministry of Security and Justice

Tadama Reuvens Van Hooff Van der Goes van Dirxland Cambier Appelius Van Hugenpoth tot Aerdt Van Maanen Van Pallandt van Keppel Van Maanen Van Hall De Jonge van Campensnieuwland Donker Curtius Wichers Lightenvelt Nedermeyer van Rosenthal Strens Donker Curtius Van der Brugghen Boot Godefroi Olivier Pické Borret J. Heemskerk Wintgens Van Lilaar Jolles De Vries Van Lynden van Sandenburg Smidt Modderman Du Tour van Bellinchave Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Smidt Van der Kaay Cort van der Linden Loeff Van Raalte Nelissen T. Heemskerk Regout T. Heemskerk Ort T. Heemskerk Schokking J. Donner Van Schaik Goseling De Visser Gerbrandy Van Angeren Van Heuven Goedhart Gerbrandy Kolfschoten Van Maarseveen Wijers Van Maarseveen Struycken Mulderije Donker Beel Van Oven Samkalden Struycken Beerman Scholten Samkalden Struycken Polak Van Agt De Gaay Fortman De Ruiter Korthals Altes Hirsch Ballin Kosto Sorgdrager Korthals P. H. Donner Verdonk Hirsch Ballin Opstelten Blok Van der Steur

Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands

Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

Luzac De Kempenaer Thorbecke Van Reenen Simons Van Rappard Van Tets van Goudriaan Van Heemstra Thorbecke Geertsema Carelszoon J. Heemskerk Fock Thorbecke Van Bosse Geertsema Carelszoon J. Heemskerk Kappeyne van de Coppello Six Pijnacker Hordijk J. Heemskerk Mackay De Savornin Lohman Tak van Poortvliet Van Houten Goeman Borgesius Kuyper Rink T. Heemskerk Cort van der Linden De Beerenbrouck De Geer Kan De Beerenbrouck De Wilde Boeijen Burger Van Boeijen Beel Witteman Van Maarseveen Van Schaik Teulings Van Maarseveen Teulings Beel Van Oven Suurhoff Struycken Toxopeus Smallenbroek Samkalden Verdam Beernink Geertsema De Gaay Fortman Wiegel Van Thijn Rood Rietkerk Korthals Altes De Korte Van Dijk De Koning Van Dijk Dales Hirsch Ballin Van Thijn De Graaff-Nauta Dijkstal Peper Van Boxtel De Vries Remkes Ter Horst Hirsch Ballin Donner Spies Plasterk Blok Plasterk

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