Otto van Lidth de Jeude explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Dutch; Flemish: [[Jonkheer]]
Otto van Lidth de Jeude
Office:Minister of War
Term Start:15 September 1942
Term End:23 February 1945
Primeminister:Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Predecessor:Hendrik van Boeijen
Successor:Jim de Booy (Ad interim)
Office1:Member of the House of Representatives
Term Start1:8 June 1937
Term End1:25 July 1939
Parliamentarygroup1:Liberal State Party
Office2:Minister of Water Management
Term Start2:25 July 1939
Term End2:10 August 1939
Primeminister2:Hendrikus Colijn
Predecessor2:Johan van Buuren
Successor2:Willem Albarda
Term Start3:15 March 1935
Term End3:24 June 1937
Primeminister3:Hendrikus Colijn
Predecessor3:Hendrikus Colijn (Ad interim)
Successor3:Johan van Buuren
Birthname:Otto Cornelis Adriaan van Lidth de Jeude
Birth Date:1881 7, df=y
Birth Place:Tiel, Netherlands
Death Place:The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality:Dutch
Party:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 1948)
Otherparty:Freedom Party (1946–1948)
Liberal State Party (until 1946)
Children:1 son and 1 daughter
Alma Mater:Institute of Technology (BEng, MEng)

Dutch; Flemish: [[Jonkheer]] Otto Cornelis Adriaan van Lidth de Jeude (7 July 1881 – 1 February 1952) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Liberal State Party (LSP) now merged into the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).[1]

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands LionNetherlands30 April 1949
Awards
Ribbon bar Awards Organization Date Comment
Nansen Refugee AwardUnited Nations1956Posthumously
Wateler Peace PrizeCarnegie Foundation1956Posthumously

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lidth de Jeude, jhr. Otto Cornelis Adriaan van (1881-1952). Huygens ING. 12 November 2013. 4 March 2019. nl.