Johannes Theodorus Furstner was a Dutch naval officer and politician.
22 Facts About Johan Furstner
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Johan Furstner was educated at the Hogere Krijgsschool and the French Ecole superieure de guerre.
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Johan Furstner was born on 18 January 1887 in Amsterdam, where he attended Hogere Burgerschool.
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Johan Furstner received secondary education at the Institute "Wullings" in Voorschoten.
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Johan Furstner was commissioned as a midshipman first class on 16 September 1906, and he was promoted to lieutenant on 16 September 1908.
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Johan Furstner served as a naval officer in the Netherlands East Indies at various times between 16 September 1908 and 1918, taking part in Dutch military expeditions in the Sunda Islands between 1905 and 1909.
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Johan Furstner received a promotion to lieutenant commander on 1 September 1918.
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Johan Furstner then attended the Hogere Krijgsschool in The Hague from 1918 to 1920, when it became the Hogere Marine Krijgsschool.
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Johan Furstner remained there to serve as an instructor from 1 November 1921 to 21 August 1924.
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In 1932, Johan Furstner co-founded the Alliance for National Reconstruction, a conservative-nationalist political party.
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Johan Furstner received a promotion to rear admiral on 1 January 1936, and on 1 July 1936 he became Chief of the Naval Staff in the Ministry of Defence.
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Johan Furstner submitted a note in December 1938 about naval defense needs in the Netherlands East Indies calling for the construction of the three battlecruisers and he and his supporters began openly campaigning for the adoption of his new version of a "risk theory" strategy in 1939.
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Johan Furstner fled with his staff from Scheveningen to England aboard a fishing boat, although he was indignant about the Dutch cabinet's decision to leave the Netherlands to form a Dutch government-in-exile in London.
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Thereafter, Johan Furstner served simultaneously as Minister of the Navy and Commander-in-Chief of Naval Forces.
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Johan Furstner turned his attention to leading the important work of replenishing the personnel and equipment of the Royal Netherlands Navy and preparing for the reconstruction of the Dutch naval force after the conclusion of the war.
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Johan Furstner was promoted to lieutenant admiral on 15 February 1942.
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On 23 February 1945, Johan Furstner resigned his position as Minister of the Navy.
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Johan Furstner continued to serve as Commander-in-Chief of Naval Forces until August 1945, when the close of hostilities between the Allies and Japan brought World War II to an end.
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Johan Furstner retired from the navy on 25 August 1945.
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On 25 August 1945, Johan Furstner received a lifetime appointment to the Council of State, which conveyed to him the title of Minister of State.
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Johan Furstner retired from the Council of State either in 1962 or on 1 January 1963, according to different sources.
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Johan Furstner published articles in the Marineblad and in the organ of the Association for Martial Sciences.