Kees IJmkers explained

Kees IJmkers
Office:Member of the Senate
Term Start1:9 December 1969
Term End1:23 June 1987
Office2:Member of the Provincial-Council of South Holland
Term Start2:13 June 1968
Term End2:3 June 1970
Office3:Member of the Senate
Term Start3:8 February 1966
Term End3:2 March 1967
Office4:Member of the Municipal council of The Hague
Term Start4:14 December 1964
Term End4:5 September 1978
Birth Date:3 September 1924
Birth Place:The Hague, Netherlands
Death Place:The Hague, Netherlands
Party:Communist Party of the Netherlands

Cornelis Antoon (Kees) IJmkers (3 September 1924 – 13 January 2014) was a Dutch politician, he served at different times as a member of the municipal council of The Hague, Senate of the Netherlands, and States-Provincial of South Holland between 1964 and 1987 for the Communist Party of the Netherlands.[1]

Born in The Hague, IJmkers went to the lower technical school in the same city. At the school he specialized as an instrument maker and he would later find a job as a metal worker. In 1964 he was elected to the municipal council of The Hague for the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN). Two years later he would also be elected to the Dutch Senate, serving as a member for one year, until 1967. In 1968 he was elected to the States-Provincial of South Holland, he served there for two years. In 1969 he had once again been elected to the Dutch Senate. He was the parliamentary group leader of the CPN from that year until 1987. In 1978 his fourteen-year membership of the municipal council of The Hague ended.[1]

IJmkers was made Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: C.A. (Kees) IJmkers . Dutch . Parlement.com . 18 February 2014.