Theo Tromp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Theo Tromp

Dutch politician

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1903

Place of Birth: Voorburg, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 01-Jun-1984

Profession: engineer, politician, resistance fighter

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Theodoor Philibert "Theo" Tromp (9 June 1903, Voorburg – 1 June 1984, Eindhoven) was a Dutch politician and engineer. Tromp was a mechanical engineer working at Philips since 1927, who in 1945, in the last Dutch government in exile (cabinet-Gerbrandy III), was Minister of Water Management.
Before that he already was a member of the College of Agriculture, Trade and Industry in the liberated south.
From 1947 he was a member of Philips' Board of Directors, of which he was Vice President from 1957 until his retirement in 1967.
He was known to Philips as a fairly authoritarian manager.