Dirk Jan de Geer

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Dirk Jan de Geer was a Dutch politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the Netherlands, most notably during the early years of World War II.

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Dirk Jan de Geer canonical 5
Dirk Jan 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch politician
human
cabinetLed First De Geer cabinet
Second De Geer cabinet
conflict World War II
countryOfBirth Netherlands
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands
dateOfBirth 1870-12-14
dateOfDeath 1960-11-28
educatedAt Utrecht University
familyName Dirk Jan de Geer self-linksurface differs
surface form: de Geer
fieldOfStudy law
givenName Dirk Jan de Geer self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dirk Jan
governmentInExile Dutch government-in-exile
surface form: Dutch government-in-exile in London
headOfGovernmentOf Netherlands
languageSpoken Dutch
memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Historical Union
movement Christian democracy
name Dirk Jan de Geer self-link
notableFor advocating peace negotiations with Nazi Germany in 1940
serving as Prime Minister of the Netherlands during the early years of World War II
numberOfChildren 5
occupation jurist
politician
officeAssumedDuring World War II
parliamentaryGroup Christian Historical Union
surface form: Christian Historical Union in the House of Representatives
partOf Dutch Reformed political tradition
placeOfBirth Groningen
placeOfDeath Soest
positionHeld Mayor of Arnhem
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Member of the Senate of the Netherlands
Minister of Finance of the Netherlands
Minister of General Affairs of the Netherlands
surface form: Prime Minister of the Netherlands
precededBy Hendrikus Colijn
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
replacedBy Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
residence Arnhem
The Hague
signature Dirk Jan de Geer signature
spouse Maria Johanna van der Hoeven
termInOfficeEnd 1929
1940
termInOfficeStart 1926
1939
wasCriticizedFor defeatist attitude during World War II
publicly favoring peace with Nazi Germany
wasDismissedBy Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
surface form: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

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Utrecht University hasNotableAlumnus Dirk Jan de Geer
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy precededBy Dirk Jan de Geer
Christian Historical Union hadLeader Dirk Jan de Geer
Christian Historical Union notableMember Dirk Jan de Geer
Dirk Jan de Geer name Dirk Jan de Geer self-link
Dirk Jan de Geer givenName Dirk Jan de Geer self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dirk Jan
Dirk Jan de Geer familyName Dirk Jan de Geer self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: de Geer