Schelto Patijn
| Schelto Patijn | |
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| Mayor of Amsterdam | |
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In office June 1, 1994 – January 1, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Ed van Thijn |
| Succeeded by | Job Cohen |
| Queen's Commissioner of South Holland | |
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In office June 16, 1984 – June 1, 1994 |
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| Monarch | Beatrix |
| Preceded by | Maarten Vrolijk |
| Succeeded by | Joan Leemhuis-Stout |
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Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands |
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In office July 3, 1973 – July 16, 1979 |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office May 28, 1973 – June 16, 1984 |
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| Personal details | |
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Schelto Patijn August 13, 1936 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | July 15, 2007 (aged 70) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Elisabeth Stroink |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Utrecht University (LL.B., PhD) |
| Occupation |
Politician Civil servant |
| Religion | Reformed Protestant |
Schelto Patijn [ˈsxɛɫtoː pɑˈtɛin] (August 13, 1936 – July 15, 2007) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). He served as Queen's Commissioner in the Province of South Holland from June 16, 1984 until June 1, 1994 when he stepped down to become Mayor of Amsterdam, he served from June 1, 1994 until January 1, 2001.
Patijn was the second son of Conny Patijn, a Member of the House of Representatives, from 1956 until 1967, and Sara van Citters. He was a descendant of Michiel de Ruyter, he was named after the father of his mother, politician Schelto van Citters.
Patijn went to school at the liberal Vrijzinnig-Christelijk Lyceum in The Hague from 1948 to 1954. After that he studied Law at the Utrecht University and became a member of the Utrechtsch Students Corps. Patijn graduated in 1959. He fulfilled his military duty in which he rose to the rank of reserve-first lieutenant of the royal military police. In 1961–1962 he followed a post-academic study in Washington D.C. Hereafter he was a policy employee at the European Integration Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, up to 1967 when he changed to the Europe institute of the University of Leiden. Initially he worked there as a scientific employee, but in 1971, he became director of the institute.
Patijn received a doctorate degree in September 1973 from the Utrecht University on: 'the European Parliament, the fight for its powers'.
In 1973, his political career also started. Patijn was a Member of the House of Representatives from May 28, 1973 until June 16, 1984, and from July 3, 1973 until July 16, 1979 a Member of the European Parliament.
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