Frans Teulings
Teulings in 1961
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 15 March 1951 – 2 September 1952
Prime Minister	Willem Drees
Preceded by	Josef van Schaik
Succeeded by	Louis Beel
Minister for Civil Defence
In office 15 March 1951 – 2 September 1952
Prime Minister	Willem Drees
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office discontinued
Minister of the Interior
In office 18 November 1951 – 6 December 1951 Ad interim
Prime Minister	Willem Drees
Preceded by	Johan van Maarseveen
Succeeded by	Louis Beel
In office 20 September 1949 – 15 March 1951
Prime Minister	Willem Drees
Preceded by	Josef van Schaik (ad interim)
Succeeded by	Johan van Maarseveen
Member of the Senate
In office 15 July 1952 – 3 May 1957
In office 27 July 1948 – 20 September 1949
Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives
In office 16 April 1946 – 19 May 1946
Preceded by	Laurent Deckers
Succeeded by	Carl Romme
Parliamentary group	Catholic People's Party
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 17 September 1929 – 27 July 1948
Personal details
Born	Franciscus Gerardus Cornelis Josephus Marie Teulings (1891-11-15)15 November 1891 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Died	23 June 1966(1966-06-23) (aged 74) Vught, Netherlands
Political party	Catholic People's Party (from 1945)
Other political affiliations	Roman Catholic State Party (1926–1945) General League (1918–1926)
Spouses	Theresia van Son ​ ​ (m. 1923; died 1932)​ Catharina van Son ​ ​ (m. 1933; died 1964)​
Relations	Coen Teulings (grandson)
Children	Anna-Maria Teulings (1927–2007) Christiaan Teulings (born 1930) 1 other daughter (first marriage)
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam (Bachelor of Laws,Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician ·Civil servant ·Jurist ·Economist ·Researcher ·Financial analyst ·Financial adviser ·Corporate director ·Nonprofit director ·Media administrator ·Education administrator

Franciscus Gerardus Cornelis Josephus Marie "Frans" Teulings (15 November 1891 – 23 June 1966) was a Dutch politician of theRoman Catholic State Party (RKSP) and later co-founder of theCatholic People's Party (KVP) and economist.^[1]

Teulings worked asstudent researcher at theUniversity of Amsterdam June 1916 until July 1918. Teulings worked for the publishing companyC.N. Teulings in's-Hertogenbosch from August 1918 until September 1929 and asCOO from November 1920 until September 1929. Teulings was elected as aMember of the House of Representatives after theelection of 1929, taking office on 17 September 1929. In May 1937 Teulings was nominated as chairman of the supervisory board of theCatholic Radio Broadcasting serving from 10 May 1937 until 18 May 1940. On 10 May 1940Nazi Germanyinvaded the Netherlands and thegovernment fled toLondon to escape theGerman occupation. DuringWorld War II Teulings continued to serve in the House of Representatives but in reality thede facto political influence of the House of Representatives was marginalized. During theGerman occupation Teulings worked as an education administrator for the board of education of theOns Middelbaar Onderwijs and as chairman from 11 July 1941 until 20 September 1949. Following the end ofWorld War IIQueen Wilhelmina ordered aRecall of Parliament and Teulings remained a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 20 November 1945.

On 22 December 1945 the Roman Catholic State Party was renamed as the Catholic People's Party, Teulings was one of the co-founders. Teulings was selected asparliamentary leader of the Catholic People's Party in the House of Representatives following the appointment ofLaurent Deckers as a member of theCouncil of State, taking office on 16 April 1946. In the1946 general election,Carl Romme was elected to the House of Representatives and took over as parliamentary leader on 20 May 1946. Teulings was elected to theSenate after the1948 Senate election, he resigned from the House of Representatives the day he was installed in the Senate, taking office on 27 July 1948. Teulings was appointed asMinister of the Interior in theDrees–Van Schaik cabinet following the appointment ofJohan van Maarseveen asMinister of Colonial Affairs, taking office on 20 September 1949. The cabinet fell on 24 January 1951 and continued to serve in ademissionary capacity until thecabinet formation of 1951 when it was replaced byDrees I cabinet with Teulings appointed asDeputy Prime Minister andMinister for Civil Defence, taking office on 15 March 1951. Teulings served again as acting Minister of the Interior from 18 November 1951 until 6 December 1951 following the death ofJohan van Maarseveen. In June 1952 Teulings announced that he would not stand for the1952 general election but wanted to return to theSenate. After the1952 Senate election Teulings returned to the Senate, serving from 15 July 1952 until his resignation on 3 May 1957. Following thecabinet formation of 1952 Teulings per his own request asked not to be considered for a cabinet post in the new cabinet; the Drees I cabinet was replaced by theDrees II cabinet on 2 September 1952.

Teulings also became active in theprivate sector and worked asCOO and vice chairman of the board of directors ofinvestment firmCEBEMA in 's-Hertogenbosch from November 1952 until December 1961. Teulings was known for his abilities as a consensus builder and manager. Teulings continued to comment on political affairs until his death.

Honours

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
	Knight of theOrder of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	31 August 1939
	Knight of theOrder of the Holy Sepulchre	Holy See	15 April 1950
	Commander of theOrder of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	30 September 1952

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