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Marinus van der Goes van Naters

Marinus van der Goes van Naters

Dutch politician and lawyer (1900–2005)


Jonkheer Marinus van der Goes van Naters (21 December 1900 – 12 February 2005) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA) and lawyer.[1]

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Background and early career

He was born in Nijmegen. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1967 and in-parliament chairman of the Social Democratic parties SDAP and its successor the Dutch Labour Party from 1945 to 1951.[citation needed]

Imprisonment at Buchenwald and elsewhere

From 1940 to 1944 during World War II he was held hostage by the German occupiers in various camps, including Buchenwald concentration camp.[citation needed]

German border issues after WW2

In the mid-1950s he was involved in the eponymous plan adopted by the Council of Europe for the settlement of the Saar question. In the post-war years he successfully argued that the Duivelsberg (German: Wylerberg or Teufelsberg), annexed from Germany after World War II, be retained permanently by the Netherlands.[citation needed]

Death

He died in 2005 at the age of 104 in Wassenaar, Netherlands.[citation needed]

Decorations

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See also


References

  1. "Goes van Naters, jhr. Marinus van der (1900-2005)" (in Dutch). Huygens ING. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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