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Jean Chrétien Baud | |
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._Gouverneur-generaal_ad_interim_(1833-35)_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-3799.jpeg) Portrait byRaden Saleh, 1835 | |
| Minister of Colonial Affairs | |
| In office 1 January 1840 – 25 March 1848 | |
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| Preceded by | Johannes van den Bosch |
| Succeeded by | Julius Constantijn Rijk [nl] |
| Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies | |
| In office 2 July 1833 – 29 February 1836 | |
| Monarch | William I |
| Preceded by | Johannes van den Bosch |
| Succeeded by | Dominique Jacques de Eerens |
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| Born | (1789-10-23)23 October 1789 |
| Died | 27 June 1859(1859-06-27) (aged 69) The Hague, Netherlands |
Jean Chrétien, Baron Baud (23 October 1789 – 27 June 1859) wasGovernor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1833 until 1836.[1]
Baud was born inthe Hague, on 23 October 1789. Originally a civil servant and politician who served underWilliam I andWilliam II of the Netherlands, Baud zoomed through the ranks of the civil service until he reached the post of Vice President of theCouncil for the Dutch East Indies. FollowingJohannes van den Bosch, as acting Governor-General and, later,Minister for the Colonies, he was an avid defender of the Dutch Colonial policy, thecultuurstelsel, which required a quota of profitable crops to be dedicated to export.
He was succeed in 1836 byDominique Jacques de Eerens. He became Minister of the Marine in 1840 and Minister for the Colonies from that year until 1848. After 1848, he was for a few years aconservative member forRotterdam of theHouse of Representatives. He died in the Hague, on 27 June 1859, aged 69, from unknown causes.
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| Preceded by | Minister of Colonial Affairs 1840–1848 | Succeeded by Julius Constantijn Rijk |
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| New creation | Baron Baud 1858–1859 | Succeeded by Jan Michiel Baud |
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