Jacob Algera

Dutch politician

Jacob Algera
Jacob Algera in 1958

Member of the Council of State
In office 1 November 1958 – 8 December 1966
Vice President	Bram Rutgers (1958–1959) Louis Beel (1959–1966)
Minister of Transport and Water Management
In office 2 September 1952 – 10 October 1958
Prime Minister	Willem Drees
Preceded by	Hendrik Wemmers
Succeeded by	Herman Witte (Ad interim)
Mayor of Leeuwarden
In office 5 May 1945 – 16 March 1946 Ad interim
Preceded by	Wilhelm Schönhard
Succeeded by	Adriaan van der Meulen
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 3 July 1956 – 3 October 1956
In office 21 September 1937 – 2 September 1952
Parliamentary group	Anti-Revolutionary Party

Personal details
Born	Jacob Algera (1902-03-20)20 March 1902 Wirdum, Netherlands
Died	8 December 1966(1966-12-08) (aged 64) The Hague, Netherlands
Political party	Anti-Revolutionary Party
Spouse	Froukje Lieuwes Wijnia (m. 1928)
Children	Tjitske Algera (1935–2006)
Alma mater	University of Groningen (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician · civil servant · Jurist · Academic administrator

Jacob Algera (20 March 1902 – 8 December 1966) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).^[1]

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	22 December 1958

References

^ "In Memoriam Mr. Jacob Algera" (PDF) (in Dutch). Repositories Documentation Centre Dutch Political Parties. 12 December 1966. Retrieved 25 January 2019.

External links

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Official

(in Dutch) Mr. J. (Jacob) Algera Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded by Wilhelm Schönhard	Mayor of Leeuwarden Ad interim 1945–1946	Succeeded by Adriaan van der Meulen
Preceded by Hendrik Wemmers	Minister of Transport and Water Management 1952–1958	Succeeded by Herman Witte Ad interim
Academic offices
Preceded by Unknown	President of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 1960–1965	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Unknown	President of the University of Groningen 1965–1966	Succeeded by Unknown

Ministers of Transport and Water Management of the Netherlands

Ministry of Transport and Water Management

v t e Third Drees cabinet (1956–1958)
Preceded: Second Drees cabinet Succeed: Second Beel cabinet
Prime Minister	Willem Drees (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Teun Struycken (Interior, Property and Public Sector Organisations)
Ministers	Ko Suurhoff (Interior) (Ad interim) Joseph Luns (Foreign Affairs) Henk Hofstra (Finance) Ivo Samkalden (Justice) Jelle Zijlstra (Economic Affairs) Kees Staf (War and Navy) Ko Suurhoff (Social Affairs and Health) Jo Cals (Education, Arts and Sciences) Jacob Algera (Transport and Water Management) (1956–1958) Herman Witte (Transport and Water Management) (Ad interim) Jan van Aartsen (Transport and Water Management) (1958) Sicco Mansholt (Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies) (1956–1958) Kees Staf (Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies) (Ad interim) Anne Vondeling (Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies) (1958) Herman Witte (Housing and Construction) Marga Klompé (Social Work) Kees Staf (Colonial Affairs) (Ad interim) Gerard Helders (Colonial Affairs)
State Secretaries	Norbert Schmelzer (Interior, Property and Public Sector Organisations) Ernst van der Beugel (Foreign Affairs) Gerard Veldkamp (Economic Affairs) Ferdinand Kranenburg (War) (1956–1958) Meine van Veen (War) (1958) Harry Moorman (Navy) Aat van Rhijn (Social Affairs and Health) Anna de Waal (Education, Arts and Sciences) (1956–1957) René Höppener (Education, Arts and Sciences) (1956–1957)

v t e Second Drees cabinet (1952–1956)
Preceded: First Drees cabinet Succeed: Third Drees cabinet
Prime Minister	Willem Drees (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Louis Beel (Interior) (1952–1956)
Ministers	Julius Christiaan van Oven (Interior) (Ad interim) Johan Beyen (Foreign Affairs) Jo van de Kieft (Finance) Leendert Antonie Donker (Justice) (1952–1956) (†) Louis Beel (Justice) (Ad interim) Julius Christiaan van Oven (Justice) (from 1956) Jelle Zijlstra (Economic Affairs) Kees Staf (War and the Navy) Ko Suurhoff (Social Affairs and Health) Jo Cals (Education, Arts and Sciences) Jacob Algera (Transport and Water Management) Sicco Mansholt (Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies) Herman Witte (Reconstruction and Housing) Louis Beel (Social Work) (Ad interim) Frans-Jozef van Thiel (Social Work) Willem Kernkamp (Colonial Affairs) (1952–1956) (†) Kees Staf (Colonial Affairs) (1956–1957) (Ad interim)
Ministers without portfolio	A. C. de Bruijn (Economic Policy) Joseph Luns (United Nations Affairs and Colonial Policy)
State Secretaries	Willem Hendrik van den Berge (Finance) Gerard Veldkamp (Economic Affairs) Ferdinand Kranenburg (War) Harry Moorman (Navy) Aat van Rhijn (Social Affairs and Health) Piet Muntendam (Social Affairs and Health) (1952–1953) Anna de Waal (Education, Arts and Sciences)