Herman Witte

Herman Witte
Herman Witte in 1966
Minister of Housing
and Spatial Planning
In office
22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967
Prime MinisterJelle Zijlstra
Preceded byPieter Bogaers
Succeeded byWim Schut
Mayor of Eindhoven
In office
5 April 1967 – 30 May 1973
Preceded byJan van Stuijvenberg (Ad interim)
Succeeded byJaap van der Lee
In office
16 October 1959 – 22 November 1966
Preceded byCharles van Rooy
Succeeded byJan van Stuijvenberg (Ad interim)
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
20 March 1959 – 16 October 1959
Parliamentary groupCatholic People's Party
Minister of Transport and
Water Management
In office
10 October 1958 – 1 November 1958
Ad interim
Prime MinisterWillem Drees
Preceded byJacob Algera
Succeeded byJan van Aartsen
Minister of Housing
and Construction
In office
13 October 1956 – 19 May 1959
Prime MinisterWillem Drees (1956–1958)
Louis Beel (1958–1959)
Preceded byHimself
as Minister of Reconstruction
and Housing
Succeeded byJan van Aartsen
Minister of Reconstruction
and Housing
In office
2 September 1952 – 13 October 1956
Prime MinisterWillem Drees
Preceded byJoris in 't Veld
Succeeded byHimself
as Minister of Housing
and Construction
Mayor of Bergen op Zoom
In office
1 May 1945 – 2 September 1952
Preceded byHenk Lijnkamp
Succeeded byLeonard Peters
Personal details
Born
Herman Bernard Jan Witte

(1909-08-18)18 August 1909
Harlingen, Netherlands
Died30 May 1973(1973-05-30) (aged 63)
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Cause of deathBrain tumor
Political partyCatholic People's Party
(from 1945)
Other political
affiliations
Roman Catholic
State Party
(until 1945)
Spouse
Angelina Wüst
(m. 1939)
Children4 sons and 2 daughters
Alma materDelft Institute of Technology
(Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Civil engineer · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Academic administrator
Military service
Allegiance Netherlands
Branch/serviceRoyal Netherlands Army
Years of service1933–1939 (Reserve)
1939–1940 (Active duty)
Rank Second lieutenant
UnitNational 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.