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Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen
Marijnen government
(1963 - 1965)
Victor Gerard Marie Marijnen was born in Arnhem on 21 February 1917. In 1941
he graduated in law from the University of Nijmegen and went on to work in
the accountancy divisions of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Navigation
and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. In 1945 he was seconded
to the Council for the Restitution of Legal Rights.
In 1949 Mr Marijnen became secretary of the Agricultural Society and in 1951 Secretary-General of the Foreign Agricultural Trade Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. From 1957 he was secretary of the General Catholic Employers Association and the Catholic Federation of Employers Associations.
During the De Quay administration, Mr Marijnen was Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries from 19 May 1959 to 24 July 1963 and immediately thereafter, until 14 April 1965, Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs in the government that bore his name.
From 1965 to 1966 Mr Marijnen was a member of the Lower House of Parliament and concurrently (from 1965 to 1968) chairman of the Board of the Rijnmond Authority. In 1967 he was also appointed chairman of the Post and Telecommunications Council. From 1968 to his death in The Hague on 5 April 1975 he served as Mayor of The Hague.
In 1949 Mr Marijnen became secretary of the Agricultural Society and in 1951 Secretary-General of the Foreign Agricultural Trade Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. From 1957 he was secretary of the General Catholic Employers Association and the Catholic Federation of Employers Associations.
During the De Quay administration, Mr Marijnen was Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries from 19 May 1959 to 24 July 1963 and immediately thereafter, until 14 April 1965, Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs in the government that bore his name.
From 1965 to 1966 Mr Marijnen was a member of the Lower House of Parliament and concurrently (from 1965 to 1968) chairman of the Board of the Rijnmond Authority. In 1967 he was also appointed chairman of the Post and Telecommunications Council. From 1968 to his death in The Hague on 5 April 1975 he served as Mayor of The Hague.