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Jacob de Kempenaer

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Monarch
  
William II

Role
  
Dutch Politician

Children
  
6

Education
  
Leiden University

Religion
  
Dutch Reformed Church

Name
  
Jacob Kempenaer


Jacob de Kempenaer

Preceded by
  
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck

Full Name
  
Jacobus Mattheus de Kempenaer

Born
  
6 July 1793 Amsterdam, Netherlands (
1793-07-06
)

Spouse(s)
  
Arnoldina Jacoba Gerlings

Died
  
February 12, 1870, Arnhem, Netherlands

Succeeded by
  
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke

Jacobus Mattheüs de Kempenaer (6 July 1793, in Amsterdam – 12 February 1870, in Arnhem) was a Dutch politician, lawyer, and second Prime Minister of the Netherlands from November 1848 to November 1849. He served as a member of the House of Representatives, chairman of the board of Commerce for Arnhem, a member of the city board, and a member of the Provincial States of Gelderland.

Initially in the House of Representatives, de Kempenaer was considered a liberal. In 1844, he was among nine men to propose amending the Constitution of the Netherlands. De Kempenaer was appointed to the Constitution Commission headed by Johan Rudolph Thorbecke in 1848, and as Minister of the Interior. He soon became de facto Prime Minister, playing an important role in the revision of the national Constitution. He resigned his offices in 1849 and subsequently became a conservative, opposing Thorbecke.

Family

De Kempenaer was married in Haarlem on 19 August 1818 to Arnoldina Jacoba Gerlings (1796–1871). They had three sons and three daughters.

References

Jacob de Kempenaer Wikipedia