Marinus van der Goes van Naters (original) (raw)

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Dutch politician and lawyer (1900–2005)

_Jonkheer_Marinus van der Goes van Naters
Marinus van der Goes van Naters in 1946
Member of the European Parliament
In office1 January 1958 – 7 May 1967
Parliamentary group Socialist Group
Constituency Netherlands
Member of the European Coal and Steel Community Parliament
In office10 September 1952 – 1 January 1958
Parliamentary group Socialist Group
Constituency Netherlands
Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives
In office4 June 1946 – 16 January 1951
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by Jaap Burger
Parliamentary group Labour Party
In office25 September 1945 – 4 June 1946
Preceded by Willem Drees
Succeeded by Office discontinued
Parliamentary group Social Democratic Workers' Party
Member of the House of Representatives
In office4 June 1946 – 22 February 1967
In office8 June 1937 – 4 June 1946
Personal details
Born Marinus van der Goes van Naters(1900-12-21)21 December 1900Nijmegen, Netherlands
Died 12 February 2005(2005-02-12) (aged 104)Wassenaar, Netherlands
Political party Labour Party (from 1946)
Other politicalaffiliations Social Democratic Workers' Party (until 1946)
Spouse Anneke van der Plaats ​ ​(m. ; died )​
Children 5
Alma mater Leiden University (LLB, LLM, PhD)
Occupation PoliticianJuristlawyeractivistauthor

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

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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.[_citation needed_]

Imprisonment at Buchenwald and elsewhere

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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.[_citation needed_]

German border issues after World War II

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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.[_citation needed_]

He died in 2005 at the age of 104 in Wassenaar, Netherlands.[_citation needed_]

Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Netherlands 30 April 1951
Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands 22 February 1967
  1. ^ "Goes van Naters, jhr. Marinus van der (1900-2005)" (in Dutch). Huygens ING. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

Official

Party political offices
Preceded byWillem Drees Parliamentary leader of the Social Democratic Workers' Party in the House of Representatives 1945–1946 Party merged into the Labour Party
New political party Parliamentary leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives 1946–1951 Succeeded byJaap Burger
Records
Preceded byWillem Drees Oldest living former member of the States General 14 May 1988 – 12 February 2005 Succeeded byJohan van Hulst