Joan Röell | |
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| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
| In office 9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897 | |
| Monarch | Wilhelmina |
| Regent | Emma |
| Preceded by | Gijsbert van Tienhoven |
| Succeeded by | Nicolaas Pierson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joan Röell (1844-07-21)21 July 1844 Haarlem, Netherlands |
| Died | 13 July 1914(1914-07-13) (aged 69) The Hague, Netherlands |
| Political party | Free Liberal |
| Spouse | Eritia Erna Romelia de Beaufort |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
JonkheerJoan Röell (21 July 1844 – 13 July 1914) was aDutch nobleman, lawyer and statesman.[1] He was a member of a prominent Dutch noble family which produced many public administrators, and politicians.
From 1894 to 1897 Röell headed the Dutch government as Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Röell was born inHaarlem, toHerman Hendrik, Baron Röell [nl] (1806–1883), member (1842) and registrar (1843–1858) of theProvincial Council of North Holland, King's Commissioner ofUtrecht (1858–1860) and ofNorth Holland (1860–1879), curator of theUniversity of Utrecht (1859–1883), and his wife Elisabeth van de Poll (1808–1862).[2]
He attended a boarding school inSassenheim, and later a gymnasium in Utrecht. From 1861 to 23 November 1866, he studied Roman and Contemporary Law atUtrecht University, after which he briefly worked as a lawyer.
As a former registrar of theProvincial Council of South Holland, Röell was familiar with the intricacies of local and regional government and water management. In 1877, he was elected into theHouse of Representatives for the district ofUtrecht. He was re-elected in 1881 and 1884, but lost his seat toÆneas, Baron Mackay in 1886. He became a member of theSenate forZeeland until he won back his seat in the House from Mackay in 1888. He was re-elected again in 1891. In the House, he was concerned with various policy areas, including education, water management, health, constitutional amendment, suffrage, home affairs,Indian affairs and taxes.
After the1894 general election, Röell becameformateur, and formed a liberal cabinet in which he served asMinister of Foreign Affairs. He also became the chairman of the Council of Ministers, a position that would later be dubbedPrime Minister. In 1886, his cabinet greatly expanded suffrage, doubling the electorate.
In 1897, after finishing his term, he stood for election to the House of Representatives again, but was not elected, and returned to the Senate one year later. In 1901, Röell returned to House of Representatives for the district of Utrecht II. After his re-election in 1905, he served asSpeaker of the House of Representatives, until he lost his seat in 1909. After another stint in the Senate for North Holland, from 1910 to 1912, Röell was appointedVice-President of the Council of State. Röell died on 13 July 1914 inThe Hague, eight days before his 70th birthday, and was buried in the family vault inLeusden three days later.
Röell marriedJonkvrouw Eritia Ena Romelia de Beaufort (1843–1910) in Utrecht on 10 September 1868. The couple remained childless.[3]
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| Preceded by | Member forUtrecht 1877–1886 With:Jacob Nicolaas Bastert 1877–1884 Jan Schimmelpenninck van der Oye 1884–1886 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member forUtrecht 1888–1894 With:August Seyffardt 1888–1891 Hendrik Adriaan van Beuningen 1891–1894 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member forUtrecht II 1901–1909 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1894–1897 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chairman of the Council of Ministers 1894–1897 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Speaker of the House of Representatives 1905–1909 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Vice-President of the Council of State 1912–1914 | Succeeded by |
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