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Herman Witte | |
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Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning | |
In office 22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 | |
Prime Minister | Jelle Zijlstra |
Preceded by | Pieter Bogaers |
Succeeded by | Wim Schut |
Mayor of Eindhoven | |
In office 5 April 1967 – 30 May 1973 | |
Preceded by | Jan van Stuijvenberg (Ad interim) |
Succeeded by | Jaap van der Lee |
In office 16 October 1959 – 22 November 1966 | |
Preceded by | Charles van Rooy |
Succeeded by | Jan van Stuijvenberg (Ad interim) |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 20 March 1959 – 16 October 1959 | |
Parliamentary group | Catholic People's Party |
Minister of Transport and Water Management | |
In office 10 October 1958 – 1 November 1958 Ad interim | |
Prime Minister | Willem Drees |
Preceded by | Jacob Algera |
Succeeded by | Jan van Aartsen |
Minister of Housing and Construction | |
In office 13 October 1956 – 19 May 1959 | |
Prime Minister | Willem Drees (1956–1958) Louis Beel (1958–1959) |
Preceded by | Himself as Minister of Reconstruction and Housing |
Succeeded by | Jan van Aartsen |
Minister of Reconstruction and Housing | |
In office 2 September 1952 – 13 October 1956 | |
Prime Minister | Willem Drees |
Preceded by | Joris in 't Veld |
Succeeded by | Himself as Minister of Housing and Construction |
Mayor of Bergen op Zoom | |
In office 1 May 1945 – 2 September 1952 | |
Preceded by | Henk Lijnkamp |
Succeeded by | Leonard Peters |
Personal details | |
Born | Herman Bernard Jan Witte 18 August 1909 Harlingen, Netherlands |
Died | 30 May 1973 Eindhoven, Netherlands | (aged 63)
Cause of death | Brain tumor |
Political party | Catholic People's Party (from 1945) |
Other political affiliations | Roman Catholic State Party (until 1945) |
Spouse |
Angelina Wüst (m. 1939) |
Children | 4 sons and 2 daughters |
Alma mater | Delft Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering) |
Occupation | Politician · Civil servant · Civil engineer · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Academic administrator |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Netherlands |
Branch/service | Royal Netherlands Army |
Years of service | 1933–1939 (Reserve) 1939–1940 (Active duty) |
Rank | Second lieutenant |
Unit | National Reserve Corps |
Battles/wars | |
Herman Bernard Jan Witte (18 August 1909 – 30 May 1973) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and civil engineer.