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Hubertus van Mook | |
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 Hubertus van Mook, c. 1940s | |
| Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies | |
Lieutenant | |
| In office 8 March 1942 – 15 October 1948 In exile until 1 October 1945 | |
| Monarchs | |
| Preceded by | Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh |
| Succeeded by | Louis Beel (as High Commissioner) |
| Minister of Colonial Affairs | |
| In office 21 May 1942 – 23 February 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy |
| Preceded by | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy |
| Succeeded by | Josef Schmutzer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hubertus Johannes van Mook 30 May 1894 Semarang, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 10 May 1965 (aged 70) L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
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Hubertus Johannes "Huib" van Mook (30 May 1894 – 10 May 1965) was a Dutch administrator in the East Indies. During the Indonesian National Revolution, he served as the lieutenant governor-general of the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1948.[1] Van Mook also had a son named Cornelius van Mook who studied marine engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] He also wrote about Java - and his work on Kota Gede is a good example of a colonial bureaucrat capable of examining and writing about local folklore.