biography
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Linthorst Homan, Johannes
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pronunciation:
[linthaw(r)st hohm
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| male
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| lived:
| (1903–86)
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| biography:
| Dutch administrator, diplomat, and lawyer, born in Assen, N Netherlands. He was Queen's Commissioner in Groningen 1937–41. During the German occupation in July 1940 he was co-founder with L Enthoven and J E de Quay of the Nederlandse Unie (Netherlands Union), which acknowledged changed relations in W Europe and promoted Winterhulp (‘winter aid’) and the Arbeidsdienst, but which was prohibited by the Germans by the end of 1941; he was imprisoned in St Michielsgestel during 1942–4. After the liberation he was not reinstated as Queen's Commissioner, but in 1947 he became chairman of the Rijksdienst voor het Nationale plan (Government Office for the National Plan). From 1958–67 he was first permanent representative for the Netherlands with the EEC and Euratom, of which he was a strong supporter; and in 1962–7 a member of the ECSC High Authority. Later he was the EEC representative to the British government (1968–71). |
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