11 Facts About Kees Boertien

Cornelis "Kees" Boertien was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal party and jurist.

Kees Boertien worked as an office clerk for a printing office in Zwolle from June 1946 until August 1947 and for an insurance company in Utrecht from August 1947 until December 1952.

Kees Boertien worked as an accountant for the Nederlands Instituut van Registeraccountants from December 1952 until September 1960.

Kees Boertien worked as a paralegal for Philips in Eindhoven from September 1960 until October 1965.

Kees Boertien applied at the Free University Amsterdam in July 1958 for a postgraduate education in Law and worked as a researcher at the Free University Amsterdam before he got a doctorate as a Doctor of Law on 13 April 1962.

Kees Boertien served on the Anti-Revolutionary Party Executive Board from February 1960 until May 1965.

Kees Boertien became a Member of the House of Representatives after Jan Smallenbroek was appointed as Minister of the Interior in the Cabinet Cals following the cabinet formation of 1965, taking office on 18 May 1965 serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Justice, Law enforcement, Transport, Postal Services, Medical Ethics, Gambling and deputy spokesperson for Social Affairs and the Royal Family.

Kees Boertien was selected as a Member of the European Parliament and dual served in those positions, taking office on 8 May 1967.

The Cabinet Biesheuvel I fell just one year later on 19 July 1972 after the Democratic Socialists '70 retracted their support following there dissatisfaction with the proposed budget memorandum to further reduce the deficit and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until the first cabinet formation of 1972 when it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Biesheuvel II with Kees Boertien continuing as Minister for Development Cooperation, taking office on 9 August 1972.

In December 1974 Kees Boertien was nominated as Queen's Commissioner of Zeeland, he resigned as Member of the House of Representatives the same day he was installed as Queen's Commissioner, serving from 16 January 1975 until 1 August 1992.

Kees Boertien became active in the private sector and public sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government.