Joop Beek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joop Beek

Indonesian politician

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1917

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 17-Sep-1983

Profession: priest, politician

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Joop Beek

  • Josephus Beek SJ (Joop or Jopie) (12 March 1917 in Amsterdam – 17 September 1983 in Jakarta) was a Dutch and later Indonesian Jesuit, priest, educator and politician.
  • From approximately 1965 until approximately 1975 he was a very important political consultant to the Indonesian president Suharto, but always remained in the shade.Joop Beek grew up in Amsterdam in a family with Indonesian connections.
  • In 1935, he entered the Jesuit order in Mariëndaal in Grave in the Netherlands.
  • In 1938, as was usual in this religious order, he was transferred to work in a Jesuit college, in his case in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
  • During the Second World War he was interned by the Japanese until 1945, and come liberation he was held for seven more months by the Indonesians.
  • In 1946, he returned to the Netherlands, to Maastricht, to study for priesthood, was ordained in 1948 and again sent to Yogyakarta, where he stayed until 1959.
  • Here he also started setting up catholic student organisations, that would prove the basis for his later political influence.

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