Hans Kolfschoten

Hans Kolfschoten
Hans Kolfschoten in 1952
Mayor of The Hague
In office
10 February 1957 – 1 November 1968
Preceded byFrans Schokking
Succeeded byVictor Marijnen
Mayor of Eindhoven
In office
1 September 1946 – 10 February 1957
Preceded byAntoon Verdijk
Succeeded byCharles van Rooy
Member of the Senate
In office
12 July 1949 – 15 July 1952
In office
23 July 1946 – 27 July 1948
Parliamentary groupCatholic People's Party
Minister of Justice
In office
25 June 1945 – 3 July 1946
Prime MinisterWillem Schermerhorn
Preceded byPieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Succeeded byJohan van Maarseveen
Personal details
Born
Henri Anthony Melchior Tieleman Kolfschoten

(1903-08-17)17 August 1903
Arnhem, Netherlands
Died2 August 1984(1984-08-02) (aged 80)
The Hague, Netherlands
Political partyCatholic People's Party
(from 1945)
Other political
affiliations
Roman Catholic
State Party
(until 1945)
Spouse
Rinske Titia Ferwerda
(m. 1932)
Children5 daughters and 1 son
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Jurist · Corporate director · Nonprofit director

Henri Anthony Melchior Tieleman "Hans" Kolfschoten (17 August 1903 – 2 August 1984) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

Kolfschoten was minister of Justice, a member of the Senate, and mayor of Eindhoven and The Hague. In 1945, Kolfschoten refused permanent residency to the Polish Jew Chaim Engel and his Dutch wife Selma Engel-Wijnberg, who survived Sobibor extermination camp.