Dick de Hoog, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Dick de Hoog

Dutch politician

Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1881

Place of Birth: Ambon, Indonesia

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1939

Profession: politician

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Dick de Hoog

  • Frederik Hermanus "Dick" de Hoog (16 June 1881 – 3 January 1939) was the Indo (Eurasian) President of the Indo European Alliance, member of People’s Council and professional politician in the Dutch East Indies.
  • He was also a Grand Master (Masonic) of the Dutch East Indies Freemasonry (Grand Orient of the Netherlands).He was born on Ambon and died in Bandung, Dutch East Indies.
  • He was the son of a Dutch father Johannes Hermanus Josephus de Hoog, employed in the Dutch East Indies Navy, and Indo (Eurasian) mother Susanna Beekman.
  • He was married to the Indo Chinese Kiong Nio Oei (1874–1961).
  • The couple had two adoptive children.After an expeditious and successful professional career Dick de Hoog went into politics and became the undisputed leader of the Indo Europeesch Verbond (English: Indo European Alliance), the most important Indo emancipation movement of the time.
  • As its representative he became a professional politician and full-time member of the Dutch East Indies ‘Volksraad’, an infant form of parliament . He successfully united all Indo social layers and built the largest Indo organisation in the Dutch East Indies.
  • His organisation became the biggest political fraction represented in the People’s Assembly fighting for race equality and a self-sufficient and independent nation, albeit as a dominion in a larger Dutch commonwealth. A beloved and popular figure among Indos in the Dutch East Indies he became the face and voice of Indo emancipation.
  • Emerging as the IEV’s charismatic leader he was a champion of Indo interests in the Dutch East Indies until his death in 1939.

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