Marinus van der Goes van Naters

Marinus van der Goes van Naters
Marinus van der Goes van Naters in 1946
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1 January 1958 – 7 May 1967
Parliamentary groupSocialist Group
ConstituencyNetherlands
Member of the European Coal
and Steel Community Parliament
In office
10 September 1952 – 1 January 1958
Parliamentary groupSocialist Group
ConstituencyNetherlands
Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives
In office
4 June 1946 – 16 January 1951
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byJaap Burger
Parliamentary groupLabour Party
In office
25 September 1945 – 4 June 1946
Preceded byWillem Drees
Succeeded byOffice discontinued
Parliamentary groupSocial Democratic Workers' Party
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
4 June 1946 – 22 February 1967
In office
8 June 1937 – 4 June 1946
Personal details
Born
Marinus van der Goes van Naters

(1900-12-21)21 December 1900
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Died12 February 2005(2005-02-12) (aged 104)
Wassenaar, Netherlands
Political partyLabour Party (from 1946)
Other political
affiliations
Social Democratic Workers' Party (until 1946)
Spouse
Anneke van der Plaats
(m. 1924; died 1985)
Children5
Alma materLeiden University (LLB, LLM, PhD)
Occupation

Jonkheer Marinus van der Goes van Naters (21 December 1900 – 12 February 2005) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA) and lawyer.[1]

Background and early career

He was born in Nijmegen. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1967 and in-parliament chairman of the social democratic parties SDAP and its successor the Labour Party from 1945 to 1951.[citation needed]

Imprisonment at Buchenwald and elsewhere

From 1940 to 1944 during World War II he was held hostage by the German occupiers in various camps, including Kamp Sint-Michielsgestel and Buchenwald concentration camp.[citation needed]

German border issues after World War II

In the mid-1950s he was involved in the eponymous plan adopted by the Council of Europe for the settlement of the Saar question. In the post-war years he successfully argued that the Duivelsberg (German: Wylerberg or Teufelsberg), annexed from Germany after World War II, be retained permanently by the Netherlands.[citation needed]

Death

He died in 2005 at the age of 104 in Wassenaar, Netherlands.[citation needed]

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Netherlands 30 April 1951
Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands 22 February 1967

See also

References

  1. ^ "Goes van Naters, jhr. Marinus van der (1900-2005)" (in Dutch). Huygens ING. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
Official
Party political offices
Preceded by Parliamentary leader of the
Social Democratic Workers' Party
in the House of Representatives

1945–1946
Party merged into the
Labour Party
New political party Parliamentary leader of the Labour Party
in the House of Representatives

1946–1951
Succeeded by
Records
Preceded by Oldest living former member
of the States General

14 May 1988 – 12 February 2005
Succeeded by