Frans Andriessen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frans Andriessen

Dutch politician

Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1929

Place of Birth: Utrecht, Netherlands

Date of Death: 22-Mar-2019

Profession: lawyer, politician, jurist, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Frans Andriessen

  • Franciscus Henricus Johannes Joseph "Frans" Andriessen (2 April 1929 – 22 March 2019) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. Andriessen applied at the Utrecht University in June 1947 majoring in Law and obtaining an Bachelor of Laws degree in June 1949 and graduating with an Master of Laws degree in July 1953.
  • Andriessen worked for a construction institute in Utrecht from October 1953 until February 1967 as a researcher from October 1953 until July 1961 and as Chief executive officer (CEO) from July 1961 until February 1967. Andriessen was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1967, taking office on 23 February 1967 serving as a frontbencher chairing the special parliamentary committee for Public Housing costs and spokesperson for Housing and Spatial Planning and deputy spokesperson for Local Government Affairs.
  • On 16 August 1971 the Leader of the Catholic People's Party and Parliamentary leader of the Catholic People's Party in the House of Representatives Gerard Veringa took a leave of absence for health reasons the Catholic People's Party leadership approached Andriessen as interim Parliamentary leader, taking office on 16 August 1971.
  • On 28 September 1971 Veringa unexpectedly announced that he was stepping down as Leader permanently and the Catholic People's Party leadership approached Andriessen as his successor, Andriessen accepted and became the Leader of the Catholic People's Party, taking office on 1 October 1971.
  • For the election of 1972 Andriessen served as Lijsttrekker (top candidate).
  • The Catholic People's Party suffered a loss, losing 8 seats but retained its place as the second largest party and now had 27 seats in the House of Representatives.
  • The following second cabinet formation of 1972 resulted in a coalition agreement between the Catholic People's Party, the Labour Party (PvdA), the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), the Political Party of Radicals (PPR) and the Democrats 66 (D'66) which formed the Cabinet Den Uyl with Andriessen opting to remain in the House of Representatives instead of accepting a cabinet post in the new cabinet and he continued to serve in the House of Representatives as Parliamentary leader.
  • On 10 December 1976 the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) choose to merge in a political alliance to form the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
  • Incumbent Deputy Prime Minister Dries van Agt of the Catholic People's Party was choose as the first Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal and became the Lijsttrekker for the election of 1977.
  • The following cabinet formation of 1977 resulted in a coalition agreement between the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) which formed the Cabinet Van Agt-Wiegel with Andriessen appointed as Minister of Finance, taking office on 19 December 1977.
  • On 22 February 1980 Andriessen and State Secretary for Finance Ad Nooteboom resigned after he disagreed with the cabinets decision to not implement a stronger austerity policy to revitalize the Economy following the recession in the 1980s.
  • Andriessen remained in active in national politics, he was elected as a Member of the Senate after the Senate election of 1980, taking office on 16 September 1980 serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Finances.
  • In November 1980 Andriessen was nominated as the next European Commissioner from the Netherlands.
  • Andriessen was giving the heavy portfolios of Competition and Parliamentary Relations in the Thorn Commission, he resigned as a Member of the Senate the same day he was installed as European Commissioner, taking office on 6 January 1981.
  • In December 1984 Andriessen was re-nominated as European Commissioner.
  • He was given the portfolios of Agriculture and Fisheries and was also appointed as the First Vice-President of the European Commission in the First Delors Commission, taking office on 6 January 1985.
  • In November 1988 Andriessen was again re-nominated as European Commissioner.
  • He was given the heavy portfolios of External Relations and Trade and was also re-appointed as the First Vice-President of the European Commission in the Second Delors Commission, serving from 6 January 1989 until 6 January 1993. Andriessen retired after spending 25 years in national politics and became active in the private sector and public sector and became active in the private sector and public sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (Douwe Egberts, Robeco, Royal HaskoningDHV, DELA and the Institute of International Relations Clingendael) and as an advocate and lobbyist for Human rights, Humanitarianism, Democracy and for European integration.
  • Andriessen also served as a distinguished professor of European integration at the Utrecht University from 1 March 1990 until 1 September 2009. Andriessen was known for his abilities as a consensus builder and negotiator.
  • Andriessen continued to comment on political affairs as an statesman until his is death at the age of 89 and holds the distinction as the second longest-serving European Commissioner from the Netherlands with 12 years, 0 days.

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