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Nationality
  
Dutch

Name
  
Otto Kerkhoven

Residence
  
Aalsmeer, Netherlands

Religion
  
Protestantism

Role
  
Accountant

Born
  
April 4, 1923 (
1923-04-04
)
Ter Aar, Netherlands

Occupation
  
Accountant Politician Author

Denomination
  
Protestant Church in the Netherlands

Spouse(s)
  
Elisabeth Dina Kerkhoven-Benckhuysen (1924–1990)

Parent(s)
  
Eduard Johannes Kerkhoven (1890–1959) Janna Hendrika van Wijnen (1896–1952)

Died
  
2012, Aalsmeer, Netherlands

Political party
  
Anti-Revolutionary Party, Christian Democratic Appeal

Otto Kerkhoven (April 4, 1923 – February 6, 2012) was a Dutch accountant, politician and author. Born in Ter Aar in the Netherlands Province of South Holland on April 4, 1923. During World War II he went into hiding to avoid deportation to Germany, in the last days of World War II he joined the Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten and worked as a volunteer at a prison. After the war he worked as an accountant, and later starting his own firm. As a member of the Anti Revolutionary Party he served in the Aalsmeer municipal council during the 1970s, with future Member of the House of Representatives Fred Borgman. In 2003 he wrote his autobiography titled Toen.

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Otto Kerkhoven Wikipedia