Hendrikus Colijn

Hendrikus Colijn
Colijn in 1925
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office
26 May 1933 – 10 August 1939
MonarchWilhelmina
Preceded byCharles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
Succeeded byDirk Jan de Geer
In office
4 August 1925 – 8 March 1926
MonarchWilhelmina
Preceded byCharles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
Succeeded byDirk Jan de Geer
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
24 June 1937 – 1 October 1937
Ad interim
Prime Ministerhimself
Preceded byAndries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff
Succeeded byJacob Adriaan Nicolaas Patijn
Minister of Defence
In office
2 September 1935 – 24 June 1937
Prime Ministerhimself
Preceded byLaurentius Nicolaas Deckers
Succeeded byJannes van Dijk
Minister of Water Management
In office
13 January 1935 – 15 March 1935
Ad interim
Prime Ministerhimself
Preceded byJacob Kalff
Succeeded byOtto van Lidth de Jeude
Minister of Economic Affairs
In office
25 July 1939 – 10 August 1939
Prime Ministerhimself
Preceded byMax Steenberghe
Succeeded byMax Steenberghe
In office
17 April 1934 – 25 June 1934
Ad interim
Prime Ministerhimself
Preceded byTimotheus Verschuur
Succeeded byMax Steenberghe
Minister of Colonial Affairs
In office
26 May 1933 – 24 June 1937
Prime Ministerhimself
Preceded bySimon de Graaff
Succeeded byCharles Welter
In office
4 August 1925 – 1 October 1925
Ad interim
Prime Ministerhimself
Preceded bySimon de Graaff
Succeeded byCharles Welter
Minister of Finance
In office
19 May 1939 – 25 July 1939
Ad interim
Prime Ministerhimself
Preceded byJacob Adriaan de Wilde
Succeeded byChristiaan Bodenhausen
In office
11 August 1923 – 8 March 1926
Prime MinisterCharles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
(1923–1925)
Hendrikus Colijn
(1925–1926)
Preceded byDirk Jan de Geer
Succeeded byDirk Jan de Geer
Leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party
In office
31 March 1920 – 18 September 1944
Preceded byAbraham Kuyper
Succeeded byJan Schouten
Chairman of the Anti-Revolutionary Party
In office
6 September 1939 – 18 September 1944
Leaderhimself
Preceded byJan Schouten
Succeeded byJan Schouten (1945)
In office
31 March 1920 – 26 May 1933
Leaderhimself
Preceded byAbraham Kuyper
Succeeded byJan Schouten
Minister of the Navy
In office
14 May 1912 – 29 August 1913
Prime MinisterTheo Heemskerk
Preceded byJan Wentholt
Succeeded byJean Jacques Rambonnet
Minister of War
In office
4 January 1911 – 29 August 1913
Prime MinisterTheo Heemskerk
Preceded byWouter Cool
Succeeded byNicolaas Bosboom
Parliament
Parliamentary leader in the Senate
In office
23 September 1926 – 17 September 1929
Preceded byAnne Anema
Succeeded byAnne Anema
Parliamentary groupAnti-Revolutionary Party
Member of the Senate
In office
31 October 1939 – 18 September 1944
In office
23 September 1926 – 21 August 1929
In office
15 September 1914 – 10 November 1920
Parliamentary groupAnti-Revolutionary Party
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
In office
17 September 1929 – 23 May 1933
Preceded byTheo Heemskerk
Succeeded byJan Schouten
In office
11 July 1922 – 11 August 1923
Preceded byVictor Henri Rutgers
Succeeded byVictor Henri Rutgers
Parliamentary groupAnti-Revolutionary Party
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
8 June 1937 – 25 June 1937
In office
17 September 1929 – 26 May 1933
In office
25 July 1922 – 15 August 1923
In office
9 November 1909 – 4 January 1911
Parliamentary groupAnti-Revolutionary Party
Personal details
Born(1869-06-22)22 June 1869
Burgerveen, Netherlands
Died18 September 1944(1944-09-18) (aged 75)
Ilmenau, Germany
Cause of deathHeart failure
Political partyAnti-Revolutionary Party
Spouse
Helena Groenenberg
(m. 1893)
RelationsArie Colijn (brother)
Children3, including Anton Colijn
Alma materRoyal Military Academy
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Military officer · Teacher · Editor-in-chief · Businessman · Corporate director
Signature
Military service
AllegianceNetherlands
Branch/serviceRoyal Netherlands East Indies Army
Years of service1886–1909
Rank Major

Hendrikus "Hendrik" Colijn (22 June 1869 – 18 September 1944) was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP; now defunct and merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal or CDA). He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 4 August 1925 until 8 March 1926, and from 26 May 1933 until 10 August 1939.