Jo van de Kieft explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Jo van de Kieft
Office:Minister of Finance
Term Start:2 September 1952
Term End:13 October 1956
Primeminister:Willem Drees
Predecessor:Willem Drees (Ad interim)
Successor:Henk Hofstra
Office1:Parliamentary leader in the Senate
Term Start1:27 March 1947
Term End1:15 July 1952
Predecessor1:Marius Reinalda
Successor1:Kees Woudenberg
Parliamentarygroup1:Labour Party
Office2:Member of the Senate
Term Start2:18 October 1945
Term End2:15 July 1952
Parliamentarygroup2:Labour Party
(1946–1952)
Social Democratic
Workers' Party

(1945–1946)
Birthname:Johan van de Kieft
Birth Date:1884 5, df=y
Birth Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Death Place:Assen, Netherlands
Nationality:Dutch
Party:Labour Party (from 1946)
Otherparty:Social Democratic
Workers' Party
(1908–1946)
Spouse:
    Children:5 daughters and 2 sons
    (first marriage)
    Occupation:Politician · Businessman · Accountant · Salesman · Nonprofit director

    Johan "Jo" van de Kieft (21 May 1884 – 22 August 1970) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and businessman.

    Biography

    He was a municipal councillor in Bussum.[1]

    Decorations

    Honours
    Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
    Knight of the Order of the Netherlands LionNetherlands15 July 1952
    Grand Officer of the Legion of HonourFrance1955
    Commander of the Order of Orange-NassauNetherlands21 November 1956Elevated from Knight (31 August 1946)

    External links

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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: J. (Jo) van de Kieft.