Eelco van Kleffens
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Eelco van Kleffens | |
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![]() Van Kleffens in 1945 | |
Permanent Representative of the Netherlandsto theECSC | |
In office 1 May 1958 – 10 December 1967 | |
Preceded by | Unknown |
Succeeded by | Unknown |
Permanent Representative of the NetherlandstoNATOand theOECD | |
In office 1 December 1956 – 1 May 1958 | |
Preceded by | Unknown |
Succeeded by | Unknown |
President of the United Nations General Assembly | |
In office 1 January 1954 – 31 December 1954 | |
Preceded by | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
Succeeded by | José Maza Fernández |
Ambassador of theNetherlands toPortugal | |
In office 1 January 1950 – 1 May 1958 | |
Preceded by | Unknown |
Succeeded by | Unknown |
Ambassador of theNetherlands to theUnited States | |
In office 1 July 1947 – 1 December 1956 | |
Preceded by | Unknown |
Succeeded by | Unknown |
Permanent Representative of the Netherlandsto theUnited Nations | |
In office 17 January 1946 – 1 December 1956 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Unknown |
Minister for United Nations Affairs | |
In office 1 March 1946 – 1 July 1947 | |
Prime Minister | Willem Schermerhorn(1946) Louis Beel(1946–1947) |
Preceded by | Herman van Roijen |
Succeeded by | Joseph Luns(1952) |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 10 August 1939 – 1 March 1946 | |
Prime Minister | See list
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Preceded by | Jacob Adriaan Patijn |
Succeeded by | Herman van Roijen |
Personal details | |
Born | Eelco Nicolaas van Kleffens 17 November 1894 Heerenveen,Netherlands |
Died | 17 June 1983 Almoçageme,Portugal | (aged 88)
Spouse |
Margaret Horstman (m.1935) |
Alma mater | Leiden University (Bachelor of Laws,Master of Laws) Erasmus University Rotterdam (Bachelor of Economics) |
Occupation | Politician·Diplomat·Civil servant·Jurist |
Eelco Nicolaas van Kleffens(17 November 1894 – 17 June 1983) was a Dutch politician and diplomat.
Biography
[edit]Eelco van Kleffens descended from an oldFrisianfamily of public servants. He was the son of Henricus Cato and Jeannette Frésine (Veenhoven) van Kleffens. His younger brotherAdrianus van Kleffenswould later become a judge at theEuropean Court of Justice.He married Margaret Helen Horstmann on 4 April 1935.
After receiving aDoctor of Lawsdegree fromLeiden University,van Kleffens worked in the Secretariat of theLeague of Nations.He became secretary to the Directorate of Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. in 1920. He was appointed Assistant Director of the Legal Section of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1922 and of the Diplomatic Section in 1927, becoming Director of the latter in 1929. In the early 1930s he was also Secretary-General ofThe Hague Academy of International Law.
Van Kleffens was appointed theMinister of Foreign Affairsin 1939, weeks beforeWorld War IIbegan, and was part of theDutch government in exileover that period. During the war he penned an account of the German invasion namedJuggernaut over Hollandwhich was circulated within the occupied territory, and he was also one of the original signatories of theBeneluxunion.
Van Kleffens held the position of foreign minister until theSchermerhorn–Drees cabinetof 1946. Following his resignation from the ministerial position (but not from the cabinet) van Kleffens became the Netherlands' representative on theUnited Nations Security Council,and in 1947 was appointed the ambassador to the United States. In 1950 he became the ambassador toPortugal,and was bestowed the title ofMinister of State,a prestigious honour.
In 1954 van Kleffens was appointed to the position ofPresident of the United Nations General Assemblyfor that body'sninth session.
Van Kleffens was the Dutch representative atNATOand theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmentfrom 1956 to 1958, and at theEuropean Coal and Steel Communityfrom 1958 until 1967, after which Van Kleffens retired toPortugal,where he died on 17 June 1983.
Decorations
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Grand Officerof theLegion of Honour | France | 12 February 1948 | |
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Knight Grand Crossof theOrder of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 30 April 1949 | Elevated from Grand Officer (1 March 1946) |
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Grand Crossof theOrder of Merit | Portugal | 1 October 1954 | |
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Commanderof theOrder of the Netherlands Lion | Netherlands | 1 May 1958 | Elevated from Knight (15 July 1931) |
HonorificTitles | ||||
Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
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Minister of State | Netherlands | 4 July 1950 | StyleofExcellency |
References
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- (in Dutch)Mr. E.N. (Eelco) van KleffensParlement & Politiek
- 1894 births
- 1983 deaths
- Ambassadors of the Netherlands to Portugal
- Ambassadors of the Netherlands to the United States
- Commanders of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
- Dutch jurists
- Dutch expatriates in Belgium
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- Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
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