Marius van Amelsvoort | |
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.jpg) Marius van Amelsvoort in 1974 | |
| State Secretary for the Interior | |
| In office 8 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 | |
| Prime Minister | Ruud Lubbers |
| Preceded by | Gerard van Leijenhorst |
| Succeeded by | Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta |
| State Secretary for Finance | |
| In office 7 November 1989 – 22 August 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Ruud Lubbers |
| Preceded by | Henk Koning |
| Succeeded by | Willem Vermeend |
| In office 16 April 1980 – 11 September 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Dries van Agt |
| Preceded by | Ad Nooteboom |
| Succeeded by | Hans Kombrink |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 3 June 1986 – 7 November 1989 | |
| In office 10 June 1981 – 8 November 1982 | |
| In office 15 September 1977 – 16 April 1980 | |
| In office 28 May 1973 – 8 June 1977 | |
| In office 3 August 1971 – 7 December 1972 | |
| Parliamentary group | Christian Democratic Appeal (1980–1989) Catholic People's Party (1972–1980) |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 9 March 1970 – 13 September 1971 | |
| Parliamentary group | Christian Democratic Group |
| Constituency | Netherlands |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 16 September 1969 – 10 May 1971 | |
| Parliamentary group | Catholic People's Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marius Johannes Josephus van Amelsvoort (1930-08-29)29 August 1930 Kaatsheuvel,Netherlands |
| Died | 30 May 2006(2006-05-30) (aged 75) Veldhoven,Netherlands |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980) |
| Other political affiliations | Catholic People's Party (until 1980) |
| Spouse | |
| Alma mater | Tilburg Catholic Economic University (Bachelor of Economics,Master of Economics) |
| Occupation | Politician ·Civil servant ·Diplomat ·Economist ·Businessman ·Banker ·Accountant ·Corporate director ·Nonprofit director ·Trade association executive ·Lobbyist |
Marius Johannes Josephus van Amelsvoort (29 August 1930 – 30 May 2006) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunctCatholic People's Party (KVP) party and later theChristian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist.[1]
Van Amelsvoort applied at theTilburg Catholic Economic University in July 1949majoring inEconomics and obtaining aBachelor of Economics degree in June 1951 before graduating with aMaster of Economics degree in July 1955. Van Amelsvoort worked as a civil servant for theDiplomatic service of theMinistry of Foreign Affairs from September 1955 until April 1960 and as anAttaché at theEmbassy inWashington, D.C. from February 1956 until April 1960. Van Amelsvoort worked as an accountant for theRabobank inEindhoven from April 1960 until August 1961 as abranch manager in Eindhoven from August 1961 until May 1973.
Van Amelsvoort was elected as aMember of the Senate after theSenate election of 1969, serving from 16 September 1969 until 10 May 1971 as abackbencher. Van Amelsvoort was selected as aMember of the European Parliament anddual served in those positions, taking office on 9 March 1970. Van Amelsvoort became aMember of the House of Representatives afterRoelof Nelissen was appointed asDeputy Prime Minister andMinister of Finance in theCabinet Biesheuvel I after theelection of 1971, serving from 3 August 1971 until 7 December 1972. Van Amelsvoort returned as a Member of the House of Representatives afterTiemen Brouwer was appointed asMinister of Agriculture and Fisheries in theCabinet Den Uyl after theelection of 1972, serving from 28 May 1973 until 8 June 1977. Van Amelsvoort again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives afterJaap Boersma resigned because he was still serving asMinister of Social Affairs in theCabinet Den Uyl and because ofdualism customs in theconstitutional convention of Dutch politics he couldn't serve a dual mandate, taking office on 15 September 1977 serving as afrontbencher and deputyspokesperson forFinances. Van Amelsvoort was appointed asState Secretary for Finance in theCabinet Van Agt-Wiegel following the resignation ofAd Nooteboom, taking office on 16 April 1980. After theelection of 1981 Van Amelsvoort once again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 10 June 1981. Following thecabinet formation of 1981 Van Amelsvoort was not giving a cabinet post in the newcabinet, the Cabinet Van Agt-Wiegel was replaced by theCabinet Van Agt II on 11 September 1981 and he continued to serve in the House of Representatives as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Finances. After theelection of 1982 Van Amelsvoort was appointed asState Secretary for the Interior in theCabinet Lubbers I, taking office on 8 November 1982. After theelection of 1986 Van Amelsvoort again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 3 June 1986. Following thecabinet formation of 1986 Van Amelsvoort was not giving a cabinet post in the newcabinet, the Cabinet Lubbers I was replaced by theCabinet Lubbers II on 14 July 1986 and he again continued to serve in the House of Representatives as a frontbencher chairing the parliamentary committee for Finances and spokesperson forEconomic Affairs. After theelection of 1989 Van Amelsvoort was again appointed as State Secretary for Finance in theCabinet Lubbers III, taking office on 7 November 1989. In November 1993 Van Amelsvoort announced his retirement from national politics and that he wouldn't stand for theelection of 1994. The Cabinet Lubbers III was replaced by theCabinet Kok I following thecabinet formation of 1994 on 22 August 1994.
Van Amelsvoort semi-retired after spending 25 years in national politics and became active in thepublic sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards and as an advocate and lobbyist forPensioners' interests. Van Amelsvoort also worked as a trade association executive for theCatholic Senior Citizens association (KBO) serving as Chairman of the Executive Board from 1 February 1995 until 30 May 2003.
Van Amelsvoort was known for his abilities as adebater andpolicy wonk. Van Amelsvoort continued to comment on political affairs until his death from acerebrovascular disease at the age of 75.
He studied economics at theTilburg University inTilburg, and worked for several years at the Dutch embassy in theUnited States. Then he worked a long time in the banking sector as was a Board Member of the First Chamber of the CSF in which he acted as a spokesman for financial affairs.
After a brief interlude in the European Parliament followed from 1971 to 1980 a member of the Second Chamber. In the first period he was Spokesman on Development and Foreign Affairs, and in 1973 he turned down a post as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. Although he retired in 1994, from 1995 to 2003 he was President of the Union of Catholic Federal Elderly (CBE) which was in still in direct contact with his party, the CDA.
Van Amelsvoort was seriously ill from 2003, and died in May 2006 at 75 years of age.
| Honours | ||||
| Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
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 | Knight of theOrder of the Netherlands Lion | Netherlands | 26 October 1981 | |
 | Knight of theOrder of the Holy Sepulchre | Holy See | 18 September 1982 | |
 | Commander of theOrder of Leopold II | Belgium | 30 May 1985 | |
 | Grand Officer of theOrder of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 8 October 1994 | Elevated from Commander (26 August 1986) |
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| Preceded by | State Secretary for Finance 1980–1981 1989–1994 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Succeeded by | |
| Preceded by | State Secretary for the Interior 1982–1986 | Succeeded by |
| Non-profit organization positions | ||
| Preceded by Unknown | Chairman of the Executive Board of the Catholic Senior Citizens association 1995–2003 | Succeeded by Unknown |
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| Catholic People's Party | |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |
| Christian Historical Union | |
| Democrats 66 | |
| Political Party of Radicals | |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | |
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