Gaius de Gaay Fortman
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His Excellency Gaius de Gaay Fortman |
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Gaius de Gaay Fortman in 1981
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Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands |
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In office 13 March 1978 – 15 July 1979 |
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| Deputy Prime Minister | |
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In office 8 September 1977 – 19 December 1977 |
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| Prime Minister | Joop den Uyl |
| Preceded by | Dries van Agt |
| Succeeded by | Hans Wiegel |
| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 8 September 1977 – 19 December 1977 |
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| Prime Minister | Joop den Uyl |
| Preceded by | Dries van Agt |
| Succeeded by | Job de Ruiter |
| Minister for Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs | |
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In office 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 |
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| Prime Minister | Joop den Uyl |
| Preceded by | Molly Geertsema |
| Succeeded by | Fons van der Stee |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 |
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| Prime Minister | Joop den Uyl |
| Preceded by | Molly Geertsema |
| Succeeded by | Hans Wiegel |
| Parliamentary leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party in the Senate | |
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In office 11 May 1971 – 11 May 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Wiert Berghuis |
| Succeeded by | Wil Albeda |
| Member of the Senate | |
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In office 20 September 1977 – 10 June 1981 |
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In office 20 September 1960 – 11 May 1973 |
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| Personal details | |
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Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman 8 May 1911 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 29 March 1997 (aged 85) The Hague, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party |
Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980) |
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Anti-Revolutionary Party (1934–1980) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Woltjer (m. 1936; his death 1997) |
| Children |
Bas (born 1937) 3 daughters and 1 son |
| Alma mater | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, Doctor of Philosophy) |
| Occupation | Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Teacher · Nonprofit director · Managing editor · Author · Professor |
Wilhelm Friedrich "Gaius" de Gaay Fortman (8 May 1911 – 29 March 1997) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
Wilhelm Friedrich "Gaius" de Gaay Fortman was born in Amsterdam on 8 May 1911 to an orthodox Reformed Protestant family. The De Gaay Fortman family were descendents of 17th century Walloon immigrant Jacques Le Gay, and became one of the foremost Neo-Calvinist families in the Dutch Patriciate, with prominent ministers, scholars, business people and politicians.
The Reformed De Gaay Fortman was a progressive politician of the Anti Revolutionary Party, the party which later merged with other Christian parties to form the Christian Democratic Appeal politician. He was a Public servant, secretary of the government labour negotiation team and a teacher at the CNV-school (Christian Labour Union). Later he became a professor at the Vrije Universiteit and its Rector Magnificus. In 1956 he was unsuccessful as informateur during the long 1956 cabinet formation. However, he was able in 1960 to quickly resolve a cabinet crisis. In 1973 he, together with Boersma, were persuaded to become a minister in the Cabinet Den Uyl. He had a good relationship with the formerly Reformed social-democrat party leader Joop den Uyl. As Minister of Home Affairs he proposed a plan to divide the Netherlands into 24 mini-provinces and he played a key role in the independence negotiations for Suriname in 1975. In 1981 he again acted in a cabinet formation as informateur and managed to pave the way for a government of CDA, PvdA and D66. De Gaay Fortman was in favor of co-operation of the ARP and later the CDA with the PvdA (left). He refuted offered positions in Christian Democrat – Liberal coalitions. De Gaay Fortman became a member of the CDA, but he became alienated from the party mainstream. In his view the CDA too much emphasised policies that resulted in the dismantling of social security. In the parliamentary elections of 1994 he endorsed Gert Schutte, the leader of the Reformed Political League. He is buried at Zorgvlied cemetery.
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