Koos Verdam

Koos Verdam
Koos Verdam in (1977)
Extraordinary Member
of the Council of State
In office
1 March 1980 – 1 February 1985
Vice PresidentMarinus Ruppert (1980)
Willem Scholten (1980–1985)
Queen's Commissioner of Utrecht
In office
16 March 1970 – 1 February 1980
MonarchJuliana
Preceded byConstant van Lynden van Sandenburg
Succeeded byPieter van Dijke
Member of the Senate
In office
23 May 1967 – 16 March 1970
Minister of the Interior
In office
5 September 1966 – 5 April 1967
Prime MinisterJo Cals (1966)
Jelle Zijlstra (1966–1967)
Preceded byIvo Samkalden (ad interim)
Succeeded byHenk Beernink
Personal details
Born
Pieter Jacobus Verdam

(1915-01-15)15 January 1915
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died11 March 1998(1998-03-11) (aged 83)
Bilthoven, Netherlands
Political partyChristian Democratic Appeal
(from 1980)
Other political
affiliations
Anti-Revolutionary Party
(until 1980)
Spouse
Jantina Boomsma
(m. 1943)
ChildrenLouwrens Verdam (1947–2006)
Tjeerd Jan Verdam (1948–2013)
5 other children
Alma materVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, Doctor of Philosophy)
OccupationPolitician · Jurist · Researcher · Academic administrator · Professor

Pieter Jacobus "Koos" Verdam (15 January 1915 – 11 March 1998) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

The reformed Verdam was a professor for Roman law and international civil law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and from 1959 to 1960 its Rector Magnificus. From 1966 to 1967 he was the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Zijlstra cabinet. In 1970 he became the Queen's Commissioner of Utrecht.