Louis Beel
| Louis Beel | |
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| 36th and 38th Prime Minister of the Netherlands | |
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In office 22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959 |
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| Monarch | Juliana |
| Preceded by | Willem Drees |
| Succeeded by | Jan de Quay |
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In office 3 July 1946 – 7 August 1948 |
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| Monarch | Wilhelmina |
| Preceded by | Wim Schermerhorn |
| Succeeded by | Willem Drees |
| Member of the Council of State | |
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In office 1 June 1959 – 1 August 1959 |
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| Monarch | Juliana |
| Vice President of the Council of State | |
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In office 1 August 1959 – 1 July 1972 |
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| Monarch | Juliana |
| Preceded by | Bram Rutgers |
| Succeeded by | Marinus Ruppert |
| Member of the Council of State | |
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In office 1 April 1958 – 22 December 1958 |
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| Monarch | Juliana |
| Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands | |
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In office 2 September 1952 – 7 July 1956 |
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| Prime Minister | Willem Drees |
| Preceded by | Josef van Schaik |
| Succeeded by | Teun Struycken |
| Minister of Social Work | |
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In office 2 September 1952 – 8 September 1952 |
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| Prime Minister | Willem Drees |
| Preceded by | First |
| Succeeded by | Frans-Jozef van Thiel |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 6 December 1951 – 7 July 1956 |
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| Prime Minister | Willem Drees |
| Preceded by | Frans Teulings |
| Succeeded by | Julius van Oven |
| High Commissioner of the Crown in the Dutch East Indies | |
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In office 29 October 1948 – 18 May 1949 |
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| Monarch | Juliana |
| Preceded by | Hubertus van Mook |
| Succeeded by | Tony Lovink |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 23 February 1945 – 15 September 1947 |
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| Prime Minister |
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1945) Wim Schermerhorn (1945-1946) Louis Beel (1946-1947) |
| Preceded by | Hendrik van Boeijen |
| Succeeded by | Petrus Witteman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Louis Joseph Maria Beel 12 April 1902 Roermond, Netherlands |
| Died | 11 February 1977 (aged 74) University Hospital Urtrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party |
Roman Catholic State Party (1933-1945) Catholic People's Party (from 1945) |
| Spouse(s) | Jet Beel-van der Meulen (1895-1971) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Radboud University Nijmegen (PhD) |
| Occupation | Politician civil servant professor |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Nickname(s) | The Sphinx |
Louis Joseph Maria Beel (12 April 1902 – 11 February 1977) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 3 July 1946 until 7 August 1948, and again from 22 December 1958 until 19 May 1959. Because of his long service record he was considered by some as having the status of a statesman.
On 22 November 1956, he was granted the honorary title of Minister of State.
Louis Joseph Maria Beel was born on 12 April 1902 in Roermond, a town with a Bishop's see in the province of Limburg, in the very south of the Netherlands. He grew up in a predominantly Roman Catholic community and went to school at the famous Bisschoppelijk College (Diocesan College) of Roermond. He graduated in 1920 and found work as clerk-volunteer at the municipality of Roermond. Two years later he became secretary to the Educational Religious Inspector of the Roermond diocese, Monsignor Petrus van Gils. When in 1923 the Roman Catholic University was founded in Nijmegen (presently known als the Radboud University Nijmegen), Monsignor van Gils insisted on his secretary becoming a part-time law-student in Nijmegen. In 1924 Beel began commuting between Roermond and Nijmegen. After obtaining his bachelor's degree in 1925 he found a new job as an administrative assistant in the government of the eastern province of Overijssel. He moved to its capital, the town of Zwolle, and left his place of birth Roermond. During the time he lived in Zwolle Beel got married and his first child, a son, was born. In addition to being a provincial civil servant Beel accepted a part-time lectureship at an institute for professional training, Katholieke Leergangen, and he wrote his first articles on legal subjects.
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