Hans Kolfschoten Explained

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.

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands LionNetherlands31 July 1946
Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-NassauNetherlands1 November 1968Elevated from Commander (30 April 1965)

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