Jaap Burger

Dutch politician

His Excellency

Jaap Burger

Jaap Burger in 1944

Member of the Council of State
In office
1 October 1970 – 1 September 1979
Vice President| Louis Beel
(1970–1972)
Marinus Ruppert
(1973–1979)
Delegation leader in the
European Parliament
In office
7 May 1967 – 29 September 1970
Preceded by| Marinus van der Goes van Naters
Succeeded by| Ad Oele
Member of the European Parliament
In office
20 October 1966 – 29 September 1970
Parliamentary group| Socialist Group
Constituency| Netherlands
Member of the Senate
In office
5 June 1963 – 1 October 1970
Leader of the Labour Party
In office
22 December 1958 – 16 September 1962
Deputy| Anne Vondeling (1959–1962)
Preceded by| Willem Drees
Succeeded by| Anne Vondeling
President of the Benelux Parliament
In office
1 January 1958 – 1 January 1959
Preceded by| Frans Van Cauwelaert
Succeeded by| Camille Linden
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
In office
2 September 1952 – 16 September 1962
Preceded by| Leendert Antonie Donker
Succeeded by| Anne Vondeling
In office
16 January 1951 – 18 September 1951
Preceded by| Marinus van der Goes van Naters
Succeeded by| Leendert Antonie Donker
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
20 November 1945 – 16 September 1962
Minister of the Interior
In office
31 May 1944 – 27 January 1945
Prime Minister| Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Preceded by| Hendrik van Boeijen
Succeeded by| Hendrik van Boeijen
(Ad interim)
Minister for Return Policy
In office
11 August 1943 – 31 May 1944
Prime Minister| Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Preceded by| Office established
Succeeded by| Office discontinued
Personal details
Born|

Jacobus Albertus Wilhelmus Burger

(1904-08-20)20 August 1904
Willemstad, Netherlands
Died| 19 August 1986(1986-08-19) (aged 81)
Wassenaar, Netherlands
Nationality| Dutch
Political party| Labour Party (from 1946)
Other political
affiliations| Social Democratic
Workers' Party (1929–1946)
Spouse(s)|

Emma Petronella Visser

(m. 1947)​

Alma mater| University of Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
Occupation| Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Lawyer · Nonprofit director · Media administrator · Lobbyist

Jacobus Albertus Wilhelmus "Jaap" Burger (20 August 1904 – 19 August 1986) was a Dutch politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA) and jurist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 4 January 1975.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Early life and education
* 2 Political career
* 3 Decorations
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Early life and education[edit]

Burger attended a Gymnasium in Rotterdam from April 1917 until May 1923 and applied at the University of Amsterdam in July 1923 majoring in Law and obtaining an Bachelor of Laws degree in June 1925 before graduating with an Master of Laws degree in July 1929. Burger worked as a lawyer in Dordrecht from October 1929 until December 1942. On 10 May 1940 Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands and the government fled to London to escape the German occupation. Burger joined the Dutch resistance against the German occupiers in August 1942. In January 1943 Burger escaped the German occupation to England. Burger worked as political advisor for Minister of Social Affairs Jan van den Tempel from February 1943 until August 1943.

## Political career[edit]

Burger was appointed as Minister for Return Policy in the Cabinet Gerbrandy II by Queen Wilhelmina, taking office on 11 August 1943. Burger was appointed as Minister of the Interior following the resignation of Hendrik van Boeijen, taking office on 31 May 1944. On 27 January 1945 Burger was forced to resign by Prime Minister Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy following an impromptu remark during a radio address where he differentiated between "wrongful" Dutch civilians (foute Nederlanders) and Dutch civilians who made a mistake (Nederlanders die een fout hebben gemaakt) during the War, but because Prime Minister Gerbrandy did not discuss this with rest of the cabinet all Social Democratic Workers' Party cabinet members resigned in response and the cabinet continued to serve in a demissionary capacity.

Following the end of World War II Queen Wilhelmina ordered a Recall of Parliament and Burger was appointment as a Member of the House of Representatives taking the place of the deceased Theo van der Waerden, taking office on 20 November 1945 serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson for the Interior and the de facto Whip. On 9 February 1946 the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP), the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) choose to merge in a political alliance to form the Labour Party (PvdA), with Burger as one of the co-founders he became one of the unofficial Deputy Leaders of the Labour Party. Burger also became active in the public sector and worked as media administrator for the public broadcaster VARA serving as Chairman of the Supervisory board from 12 February 1949 until 20 December 1966. After the Parliamentary leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives Marinus van der Goes van Naters announced he was stepping down as Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives following a conflict with Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party Willem Drees the Labour Party leadership approached Leendert Antonie Donker as his successor but the day before he took office Parliamentary leader-designate Donker took a leave of absence for health reasons and the Labour Party leadership approached Burger as interim Parliamentary leader, serving from 16 January 1951 until 18 September 1951. After the election of 1952 Donker was appointed as Minister of Justice in the Cabinet Drees II and the Labour Party leadership approached Burger as Parliamentary leader, taking office on 2 September 1952. Burger also served as President of the Benelux Parliament from 1 January 1958 until 1 January 1959. On 11 December 1958 the Cabinet Drees III fell and incumbent Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party Drees announced his retirement from national politics and that he wouldn't stand for the election of 1959, the Labour Party leadership approached Burger as his successor, Burger accepted and became the Leader and one of the Lijsttrekkers, taking office on 22 December 1958. The Labour Party suffered a small loss, losing 2 seats and fell back as the second largest party and now had 48 seats in the House of Representatives. On 16 September 1962 Burger announced that he was stepping down as Leader and Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives following increasing criticism on his leadership. Burger remained in active in national politics, he was elected as a Member of the Senate after the Senate election of 1963, taking office on 5 June 1963 serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Defence and deputy spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and NATO. Burger was selected as a Member of the European Parliament and dual served in those positions, taking office on 20 October 1966. After the Delegation leader of the Labour Party in the European Parliament Van der Goes van Naters resigned Burger was appointed as Delegation leader, taking office on 7 May 1967. Burger was nominated as a Member of the Council of State, serving from 1 October 1970 until 1 September 1979. After his retirement Burger occupied numerous seats as a nonprofit director for supervisory boards for several international non-governmental organizations and research institutes (International Institute of Social History, Transnational Institute, Royal Netherlands Historical Society, Netherlands Atlantic Association and the Rijksmuseum) and as an advocate and lobbyist for European integration, Benelux cooperation and serving on several commissions for the European Economic Community and state commissions on behalf of the Dutch government.

## Decorations[edit]

Military decorations

Ribbon bar | Decoration | Country | Date | Comment
| Bronze Cross | Netherlands  | 26 July 1943  |
| Resistance Memorial Cross | Netherlands  | 30 April 1982  |
Honours
Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment
| Grand Officer of the Order of the House of Orange | Netherlands  | 19 August 1944  |
| Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown | Belgium | 4 September 1954  |
| Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour | France | 1 May 1958  |
| Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion | Netherlands  | 16 September 1962  | Elevated from Knight (31 August 1946)
| Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands  | 1 September 1979  | Elevated from Commander (4 January 1975)
Honorific Titles
Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment
| Minister of State | Netherlands  | 4 January 1975  | Style of Excellency

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Burger, Jacob Albertus Wilhelmus" (in Dutch). Huygens ING. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

## External links[edit]

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Official

* (in Dutch) Mr. J.A.W. (Jaap) Burger Parlement & Politiek
* (in Dutch) Mr. J.A.W. Burger (PvdA) Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal

Party political offices

Preceded by

Willem Drees

|  Leader of the Labour Party
1958–1962  | Succeeded by

Anne Vondeling

Preceded by

Marinus van der
Goes van Naters

|  Parliamentary leader of the
Labour Party in the
House of Representatives
1951
1952–1962  | Succeeded by

Leendert Antonie Donker

Preceded by

Leendert Antonie Donker

| Succeeded by

Anne Vondeling

Political offices
New office |  Minister for Return Policy
1943–1944  | Office discontinued
Preceded by

Hendrik van Boeijen

|  Minister of the Interior
1944–1945  | Succeeded by

Hendrik van Boeijen
Ad interim

Media offices
Preceded by

Klaas de Jonge
Ad interim

|  Chairman of the
Supervisory board
of the VARA
1949–1966  | Succeeded by

Jan Broeksz

* v
* t
* e

Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands

Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

* Gogel
* Van Stralen
* Mollerus
* Van Leyden van Westbarendrecht
* Twent van Raaphorst
* Van der Capellen
* Van Stralen
* Röell
* De Coninck
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* De la Coste
* Van Doorn van Westcapelle
* De Kock
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* Van der Heim van Duivendijke
* Vollenhoven
* Van Randwijck
* Van der Heim van Duivendijke
* Luzac
* De Kempenaer
* Thorbecke
* Van Reenen
* Simons
* Van Rappard
* Van Tets van Goudriaan
* Van Heemstra
* Thorbecke
* J. Geertsema
* J. Heemskerk
* Fock
* Thorbecke
* Van Bosse
* J. Geertsema
* J. Heemskerk
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* Six
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* J. Heemskerk
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* Tak van Poortvliet
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* Rink
* T. Heemskerk
* Cort van der Linden
* De Beerenbrouck
* De Geer
* Kan
* De Beerenbrouck
* De Wilde
* Boeijen
* Burger
* Van Boeijen
* Beel
* Witteman
* Van Maarseveen
* Van Schaik
* Teulings
* Van Maarseveen
* Teulings
* Beel
* Van Oven
* Suurhoff
* Struycken
* Toxopeus
* Smallenbroek
* Samkalden
* Verdam
* Beernink
* M. Geertsema
* De Gaay Fortman
* Wiegel
* Van Thijn
* Rood
* Rietkerk
* Korthals Altes
* De Korte
* Van Dijk
* De Koning
* Van Dijk
* Dales
* Hirsch Ballin
* Van Thijn
* De Graaff-Nauta
* Dijkstal
* Peper
* Van Boxtel
* De Vries
* Remkes
* Ter Horst
* Hirsch Ballin
* Donner
* Spies
* Plasterk
* Blok
* Plasterk
* Ollongren
* Knops
* Ollongren
* Bruins Slot

* v
* t
* e

Ministers without Portfolio of the Netherlands

Cabinet of the Netherlands

Interior|

* Burger
* Van Schaik
* Teulings
* Albregts
* De Bruijn
* Van Boxtel
* De Graaf
* Pechtold
* Nicolaï
* Leers
* Blok
* Van Veldhoven
* Bijleveld
* De Jonge

Foreign Affairs|

* Van Verduynen
* Van Roijen
* Van Kleffens
* Luns

Justice|

* Nawijn
* Verdonk
* Dekker
* Weerwind

Economic Affairs|

* Jetten

Health|

* Rouvoet
* Bruins
* Van Rijn
* Van Ark
* Helder

Social Affairs|

* Schouten

Education|

* De Brauw
* Van Veen
* Trip
* Peijnenburg
* Ginjaar
* Van Trier
* Slob
* Wiersma

Agriculture|

* Van der Wal

Housing|

* Vogelaar
* Van der Laan
* Van Middelkoop

Colonial Affairs|

* Soejono
* Götzen

* v
* t
* e

« 1952–1958 « Dutch members of the European Parliament, 1958–1979 » 1979–1984 »

Labour Party|

* Wim Albers
* Nel Barendregt
* Jan Broeksz
* Jaap Burger
* Marinus van der Goes van Naters
* Arie van der Hek
* Reint Laan
* Cees Laban
* Jan Lamberts
* Gerard Nederhorst
* Ad Oele
* Schelto Patijn
* Siep Posthumus
* Jan Pronk
* Max van der Stoel
* Henk Vredeling
* Ep Wieldraaijer

Catholic People's Party|

* Marius van Amelsvoort
* Pieter Blaisse
* Tiemen Brouwer
* Flip van Campen
* M.M.A.A. Janssen
* Pierre Lardinois
* Joep Mommersteeg
* Harrij Notenboom
* Kees van der Ploeg
* Kees Raedts
* Piet van der Sanden
* Maan Sassen
* Wim Schuijt
* Wim Vergeer
* Tjerk Westerterp

Anti-Revolutionary Party|

* Barend Biesheuvel
* Jaap Boersma
* Kees Boertien
* Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman
* Cees Hazenbosch
* Jan de Koning
* Willem Rip
* Jacqueline Rutgers

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|

* Jan Baas
* Cees Berkhouwer
* Frederik Gerard van Dijk
* Henk Korthals
* Jo Schouwenaar-Franssen
* Bob de Wilde

Christian Historical Union|

* Corstiaan Bos
* Johan van Hulst
* Franz Lichtenauer
* Durk van der Mei
* Willem Scholten
* Teun Tolman

Democrats 66|

* Doeke Eisma
* Maarten Engwirda

Political Party of Radicals|

* Henk Waltmans

Communist Party of the Netherlands|

* Wessel Hartog

* v
* t
* e

Second Gerbrandy cabinet (1941–1945)

* Preceded: First Gerbrandy cabinet
* Succeed: Third Gerbrandy cabinet

Prime Minister|

* Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (General Warfare)

Ministers|

* Hendrik van Boeijen (General Affairs)
* Hendrik van Boeijen (Interior) (1941–1944)
* Jaap Burger (Interior) (1944–1945)
* Hendrik van Boeijen (Interior) (from 1945) (Ad interim)
* Eelco van Kleffens (Foreign Affairs)
* Max Steenberghe (Finance) (1941)
* Willem Albarda (Finance) (1941–1942)
* Johannes van den Broek (Finance) (from 1942)
* Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Justice) (1941–1942)
* Jan van Angeren (Justice) (1942–1944)
* Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart (Justice) (from 1944)
* Max Steenberghe (Commerce, Industry and Shipping) (1941)
* Jan van den Tempel (Commerce, Industry and Shipping) (1941–1942) (Ad interim)
* Piet Kerstens (Commerce, Industry and Shipping) (1942–1944)
* Johannes van den Broek (Commerce, Industry and Agriculture) (from 1944)
* Hendrik van Boeijen (War) (1941–1942)
* Otto van Lidth de Jeude (War) (from 1942)
* Johan Furstner (Navy)
* Jan van den Tempel (Social Affairs)
* Gerrit Bolkestein (Education, Arts and Sciences)
* Willem Albarda (Water Management)
* Max Steenberghe (Agriculture and Fisheries) (1941)
* Jan van den Tempel (Agriculture and Fisheries) (1941–1942) (Ad interim)
* Piet Kerstens (Agriculture and Fisheries) (1942–1944)
* Jim de Booy (Shipping and Fisheries) (from 1944)
* Charles Welter (Colonial Affairs) (1941)
* Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Colonial Affairs) (1941–1942)
* Huib van Mook (Colonial Affairs) (from 1942)

Ministers without portfolio|

* Jaap Burger (Return Policy) (1943–1944)
* Edgar Michiels van Verduynen (Foreign Policy) (from 1942)
* Adipati Soejono (Colonial Policy) (1942–1943) (†)

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