Bram Rutgers

Bram Rutgers
Rutgers 1956
Vice-President of the Council of State
In office
16 May 1956 – 1 August 1959
Council of State
In office
21 January 1936 – 15 May 1940
In office
5 May 1945 – 16 May 1956
House of Representatives
In office
12 September 1933 – 21 January 1936
Governor-General of Suriname
In office
30 May 1928 – 3 August 1933
Preceded byAarnoud van Heemstra
Succeeded byJohannes Kielstra
Personal details
Born
Abraham Arnold Lodewijk Rutgers

(1884-07-24)24 July 1884
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died26 September 1966(1966-09-26) (aged 82)
Wassenaar, Netherlands
Political partyAnti-Revolutionary Party (ARP)
Occupationbotanist, politician

Abraham Arnold Lodewijk "Bram" Rutgers (24 July 1884 – 26 September 1966) was a Dutch botanist and politician who served as Governor-General of Suriname from 1928 until 1933, the Council of State from 1936 until 1959, and served as its Vice-President from 1956 onwards. He was a member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP).[1]

  1. ^ "Dr. A.A.L. (Bram) Rutgers". Dutch Parliament (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2022.