Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Hans Kolfschoten | |
Office: | Mayor of The Hague |
Term Start: | 10 February 1957 |
Term End: | 1 November 1968 |
Predecessor: | Frans Schokking |
Successor: | Victor Marijnen |
Office1: | Mayor of Eindhoven |
Term Start1: | 1 September 1946 |
Term End1: | 10 February 1957 |
Predecessor1: | Antoon Verdijk |
Successor1: | Charles van Rooy |
Office2: | Member of the Senate |
Term Start2: | 12 July 1949 |
Term End2: | 15 July 1952 |
Term Start3: | 23 July 1946 |
Term End3: | 27 July 1948 |
Parliamentarygroup3: | Catholic People's Party |
Office4: | Minister of Justice |
Term Start4: | 25 June 1945 |
Term End4: | 3 July 1946 |
Primeminister4: | Willem Schermerhorn |
Predecessor4: | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy |
Successor4: | Johan van Maarseveen |
Birthname: | Henri Anthony Melchior Tieleman Kolfschoten |
Birth Date: | 1903 8, df=y |
Birth Place: | Arnhem, Netherlands |
Death Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
Nationality: | Dutch |
Party: | Catholic People's Party (from 1945) |
Otherparty: | Roman Catholic State Party (until 1945) |
Children: | 5 daughters and 1 son |
Alma Mater: | University of Amsterdam (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws) |
Occupation: | Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Corporate director · Nonprofit director |
Henri Anthony Melchior Tieleman "Hans" Kolfschoten (17 August 1903 – 2 August 1984) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
Kolfschoten was minister of Justice, a member of the Senate, and mayor of Eindhoven and The Hague. In 1945, Kolfschoten refused permanent residency to the Polish Jew Chaim Engel and his Dutch wife Selma Engel-Wijnberg, who survived Sobibor extermination camp.
Honours | ||||
Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
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Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion | Netherlands | 31 July 1946 | ||
Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 1 November 1968 | Elevated from Commander (30 April 1965) | |