Ko Suurhoff

Ko Suurhoff
Ko Suurhoff in 1965
Minister of Transport and
Water Management
In office
30 June 1966 – 22 November 1966
Prime MinisterJo Cals
Preceded byPieter Bogaers (Ad interim)
Succeeded byJan de Quay
In office
14 April 1965 – 1 May 1966
Prime MinisterJo Cals
Preceded byJan van Aartsen
Succeeded byPieter Bogaers (Ad interim)
Chairman of the Labour Party
In office
24 March 1961 – 14 April 1965
LeaderJaap Burger (1961–1962)
Anne Vondeling (1962–1965)
Preceded byHein Vos
Succeeded bySjeng Tans
Minister of the Interior
In office
13 October 1956 – 29 October 1956
Ad interim
Prime MinisterWillem Drees
Preceded byJulius Christiaan
van Oven
(Ad interim)
Succeeded byTeun Struycken
as Minister of the Interior,
Property and Public
Sector Organisations
Minister of Social Affairs and Health
In office
2 September 1952 – 22 December 1958
Prime MinisterWillem Drees
Preceded byDolf Joekes
Succeeded byLouis Beel
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
23 February 1967 – 14 March 1967
In office
20 March 1959 – 14 April 1965
In office
3 July 1956 – 3 October 1956
In office
24 October 1946 – 2 September 1952
In office
21 September 1939 – 4 June 1946
Parliamentary groupLabour Party
(1946–1965)
Social Democratic
Workers' Party

(1939–1946)
Personal details
Born
Jacobus Gerardus Suurhoff

(1905-07-23)23 July 1905
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died14 March 1967(1967-03-14) (aged 61)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cause of deathCancer
Political partyLabour Party (from 1946)
Other political
affiliations
Social Democratic
Workers' Party
(1923–1946)
Spouse
Alida Voorzanger
(m. 1930)
Children2 sons and 2 daughters
OccupationPolitician · Trade Union leader · Accountant · Activist
Military service
Allegiance Netherlands
Branch/serviceRoyal Netherlands Army
Years of service1925–1927 (Conscription)
1927–1935 (Reserve)
Rank Staff sergeant
UnitJohan Willem Friso Regiment
Battles/warsInterbellum

Jacobus Gerardus "Ko" Suurhoff (23 July 1905 – 14 March 1967) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA) and trade union leader.[1]

  1. ^ "Suurhoff, Jacobus Gerardus (1905-1967)" (in Dutch). Huygens ING. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2018.