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Johan Witteveen

His Excellency
Johan Witteveen
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Johan Witteveen in 1963
5th Managing Director of the IMF
In office
1 September 1973 – 18 June 1978
Preceded by Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
Succeeded by Jacques de Larosière
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office
5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971
Serving with Joop Bakker
Prime Minister Piet de Jong
Preceded by Jan de Quay
Barend Biesheuvel
Succeeded by Roelof Nelissen
Molly Geertsema
Minister of Finance of the Netherlands
In office
5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971
Prime Minister Piet de Jong
Preceded by Jelle Zijlstra
Succeeded by Roelof Nelissen
In office
24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965
Prime Minister Victor Marijnen
Preceded by Jelle Zijlstra
Succeeded by Anne Vondeling
Minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands
In office
7 January 1970 – 14 January 1970
Prime Minister Piet de Jong
Preceded by Leo de Block
Succeeded by Roelof Nelissen
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
21 September 1965 – 5 April 1967
In office
5 June 1963 – 24 July 1963
Member of the Senate of the Netherlands
In office
8 June 1971 – 1 September 1973
In office
23 December 1958 – 5 June 1963
Personal details
Born Hendrikus Johannes Witteveen
(1921-06-12) 12 June 1921 (age 95)
Zeist, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Political party People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Spouse(s) Liesbeth de Vries Feijens (m. 1949; her death 2006)
Children Willem Witteveen (1952–2014)
Paul Witteveen (1955–2012)
Son (born 1957)
Daughter (born 1960)
Residence Wassenaar, Netherlands
Alma mater Erasmus University Rotterdam
(Bachelor of Economics, Master of Economics, Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation Politician
Economist
Financial analyst
Corporate director
Nonprofit director
Teacher
Professor
Author
Religion Ināyati Sufism

Hendrikus Johannes "Johan" Witteveen (born 12 June 1921) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.

Witteveen, a economist by occupation, worked for the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CBP) as a analyst from 1945 until 1948. He was a member of the Senate (1958–63; 1971–73) and the House of Representatives (1963; 1965–67) for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. He was Minister of Finance (1963–65; 1967–71) and managing director of the International Monetary Fund (1973–78). He also wrote books on Universal Sufism and economics.

Witteveen was born on 12 June 1921 in Zeist in the Netherlands. He is the son of architect Willem Gerrit Witteveen and Anna Maria Wibaut and the grandson of social democratic politician Floor Wibaut. He went to the public secondary school Gymnasium Erasmianum in Rotterdam. He studied economics at the Netherlands School of Economics from 1939 to 1946. He received his PhD in 1947 with the dissertation Loonhoogte en werkgelegenheid (Height of wages and employment). His advisor was Nobel Prize laureate Jan Tinbergen.

Witteveen worked as an economist at the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis under Jan Tinbergen and Fred Polak from 1947 until 1963. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He served as a Member of the Senate from 23 December 1958 until 5 June 1963 and as Member of the House of Representatives from 5 June 1963 until 24 July 1963. He then became Minister of Finance in the Cabinet Marijnen serving from 24 July 1963 until 14 April 1965. He then served as a Member of the House of Representatives again from 21 September 1965 until 5 April 1967, when he returned as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister serving from 5 April 1967 until 6 July 1971 in the Cabinet de Jong. He again returned to the Senate, serving from 8 June 1971 until 1 September 1973. Afterwards he became the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, serving from 1 September 1973 until 18 June 1978. From 1978 to 1985 he was the first chairman of the Washington-based economics body, the Group of Thirty. He has been member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1980.


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