Teun Struycken worked as a jurist for the Algemene Kunstzijde Unie from 1941 until 1942.
11 Facts About Teun Struycken
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On 4 May 1942 Teun Struycken was arrested and detained in the ilag of Sint-Michielsgestel and was released on 21 January 1944.
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In March 1951 Teun Struycken was appointed Governor of the Netherlands Antilles, taking office on 30 March 1951.
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The Cabinet Drees III fell on 11 December 1958 after the Catholic People's Party and the Labour Party disagreed on a proposed Tax increase and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by caretaker Cabinet Beel II with Teun Struycken continuing as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Property and Public Sector Organisations and took over as Minister of Justice, taking office on 22 December 1958.
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In January 1959 Teun Struycken announced that he would not stand for the election of 1959.
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The Cabinet Cals fell on 14 October 1966 after the Night of Schmelzer and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Zijlstra with Teun Struycken again appointed as Minister of Justice, taking office on 22 November 1966.
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Antoon Arnold Marie Teun Struycken was born on 27 December 1906 in Breda in the Province of North Brabant in a Roman Catholic family.
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Teun Struycken was interred in the Sint-Michielsgestel prison camp during the Second World War.
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Teun Struycken was among others Minister of Justice, Governor of the Netherlands Antilles, Minister of the Interior and a member of the Dutch Council of State.
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Teun Struycken was alderman of Breda from 1938 to 1941, and from 1944 to 1950.
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Van der Meer, who had his own law practice in Curacao, did not agree to give up his practice as a lawyer completely, prompting Teun Struycken to refuse to install Van der Meer.