Marinus van der Goes van Naters explained

Honorific-Prefix:Dutch; Flemish: [[Jonkheer]]
Marinus van der Goes van Naters
Office:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start:1 January 1958
Term End:7 May 1967
Parliamentarygroup:Socialist Group
Constituency:Netherlands
Office1:Member of the European Coal
and Steel Community Parliament
Term Start1:10 September 1952
Term End1:1 January 1958
Parliamentarygroup1:Socialist Group
Constituency1:Netherlands
Office2:Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives
Term Start2:4 June 1946
Term End2:16 January 1951
Predecessor2:Office established
Successor2:Jaap Burger
Parliamentarygroup2:Labour Party
Term Start3:25 September 1945
Term End3:4 June 1946
Predecessor3:Willem Drees
Successor3:Office discontinued
Parliamentarygroup3:Social Democratic Workers' Party
Office4:Member of the House of Representatives
Term Start4:4 June 1946
Term End4:22 February 1967
Term Start5:8 June 1937
Term End5:4 June 1946
Birthname:Marinus van der Goes van Naters
Birth Date:1900 12, df=y
Birth Place:Nijmegen, Netherlands
Death Place:Wassenaar, Netherlands
Party:Labour Party (from 1946)
Otherparty:Social Democratic Workers' Party (until 1946)
Children:5
Alma Mater:Leiden University (LLB, LLM, PhD)

Dutch; Flemish: [[Jonkheer]] Marinus van der Goes van Naters (21 December 1900 – 12 February 2005) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA) and lawyer.[1]

Background and early career

He was born in Nijmegen. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1967 and in-parliament chairman of the social democratic parties SDAP and its successor the Labour Party from 1945 to 1951.

Imprisonment at Buchenwald and elsewhere

From 1940 to 1944 during World War II he was held hostage by the German occupiers in various camps, including Kamp Sint-Michielsgestel and Buchenwald concentration camp.

German border issues after World War II

In the mid-1950s he was involved in the eponymous plan adopted by the Council of Europe for the settlement of the Saar question. In the post-war years he successfully argued that the Duivelsberg (German: Wylerberg or Teufelsberg), annexed from Germany after World War II, be retained permanently by the Netherlands.

Death

He died in 2005 at the age of 104 in Wassenaar, Netherlands.

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands LionNetherlands30 April 1951
Commander of the Order of Orange-NassauNetherlands22 February 1967

See also

External links

Official

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Goes van Naters, jhr. Marinus van der (1900-2005). Huygens ING. 12 November 2013. 19 March 2019. nl.