Fons van der Stee | |
Office: | Minister of Finance |
Term Start: | 5 March 1980 |
Term End: | 4 November 1982 |
Primeminister: | Dries van Agt |
Predecessor: | Gijs van Aardenne (Ad interim) |
Successor: | Onno Ruding |
Office2: | Minister for Netherlands Antilles Affairs |
Term Start2: | 19 December 1977 |
Term End2: | 11 September 1981 |
Primeminister2: | Dries van Agt |
Predecessor2: | Gaius de Gaay Fortman |
Successor2: | Joop den Uyl |
Office3: | Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries |
Term Start3: | 1 November 1973 |
Term End3: | 5 March 1980 |
Primeminister3: | Joop den Uyl (1973–1977) Dries van Agt (1977–1980) |
Predecessor3: | Tiemen Brouwer |
Successor3: | Gerrit Braks |
Office4: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Term Start4: | 8 June 1977 |
Term End4: | 8 September 1977 |
Term Start5: | 12 December 1972 |
Term End5: | 11 May 1973 |
Parliamentarygroup5: | Catholic People's Party |
Office6: | State Secretary for Finance |
Term Start6: | 11 May 1973 |
Term End6: | 1 November 1973 |
Alongside6: | Aar de Goede |
Primeminister6: | Joop den Uyl |
Predecessor6: | Himself |
Successor6: | Martin van Rooijen |
Term Start7: | 14 July 1971 |
Term End7: | 12 March 1973 |
Alongside7: | Willem Scholten |
Primeminister7: | Barend Biesheuvel |
Predecessor7: | Ferd Grapperhaus |
Successor7: | Himself |
Office8: | Member of the Senate |
Term Start8: | 11 May 1971 |
Term End8: | 14 July 1971 |
Parliamentarygroup8: | Catholic People's Party |
Office9: | Chairman of the Catholic People's Party |
Term Start9: | 30 March 1968 |
Term End9: | 14 July 1971 |
Leader9: | Norbert Schmelzer (1968–1971) Gerard Veringa (1971) |
Predecessor9: | Piet Aalberse Jr. |
Successor9: | Dick de Zeeuw |
Birthname: | Alphonsus Petrus Johannes Mathildus Maria van der Stee |
Birth Date: | 1928 7, df=y |
Birth Place: | Zevenbergen, Netherlands |
Death Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
Nationality: | Dutch |
Party: | Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980) |
Otherparty: | Catholic People's Party (until 1980) |
Alma Mater: | Radboud University Nijmegen (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws) |
Occupation: | Politician · Jurist · Economist · Financial adviser · Tax advisor · Businessman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Lobbyist |
Alphonsus Petrus Johannes Mathildus Maria "Fons" van der Stee (30 July 1928 – 9 September 1999) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist.[1]
Van der Stee applied at the Radboud University Nijmegen in June 1950 majoring in Tax law and obtaining a Bachelor of Laws degree in June 1952 before graduating with a Master of Laws degree on 29 February 1956. Van der Stee worked as a tax advisor in Arnhem from May 1956 until July 1971. Van der Stee served as Chairman of the Catholic People's Party from 30 March 1968 until 14 July 1971. Van der Stee was elected as a Member of the Senate after the Senate election of 1971, taking office on 11 May 1971.
After the election of 1971 Van der Stee was appointed as State Secretary for Finance in the Cabinet Biesheuvel I, taking office on 14 July 1971. The Cabinet Biesheuvel I fell just one year later on 19 July 1972 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Biesheuvel II with Van der Stee continuing as State Secretary for Finance, taking office on 9 August 1972. Van der Stee was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1972, taking office on 12 December 1972 but he was still serving in the cabinet and because of dualism customs in the constitutional convention of Dutch politics he couldn't serve a dual mandate he subsequently resigned as State Secretary for Finance on 12 March 1973. Following the cabinet formation of 1972 Van der Stee was again appointed as State Secretary for Finance in the Cabinet Den Uyl, taking office on 11 May 1973. Van der Stee was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries following the resignation of Tiemen Brouwer, taking office on 1 November 1973. The Cabinet Den Uyl fell on 22 March 1977 after four years of tensions in the coalition and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity. After the election of 1977 Van der Stee returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 8 June 1977 but again because of the dualism customs in Dutch politics he subsequently resigned as Member of the House of Representatives on 8 September 1977. Following the cabinet formation of 1977 Van der Stee remained Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and was also appointed as Minister for Netherlands Antilles Affairs in the Cabinet Van Agt–Wiegel, taking office on 19 December 1977. Van der Stee was appointed as Minister of Finance following the resignation of Frans Andriessen, taking office on 5 March 1980. In December 1980 Van der Stee announced that he wouldn't stand for the election of 1981. Following the cabinet formation of 1981 Van der Stee continued as Minister of Finance in the Cabinet Van Agt II, taking office on 11 September 1981. The Cabinet Van Agt II fell just seven months into its term on 12 May 1982 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Van Agt III with Van der Stee remaining as Minister of Finance on 29 May 1982. In June 1982 Van der Stee announced his retirement from national politics and that he wouldn't stand for the election of 1982. The Cabinet Van Agt III was replaced by the Cabinet Lubbers I following the cabinet formation of 1982 on 4 November 1982.
Van der Stee retired after spending 14 years in national politics and 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 (General Bank of the Netherlands, Tulip Computers, Apollo Vredestein and the HMC Westeinde Hospital).
Honours | ||||
Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
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Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre | Holy See | 11 November 1971 | ||
Grand Officer of the Honorary Order of the Palm | Suriname | |||
Commander of the Legion of Honour | France | [2] | ||
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 9 December 1982 | ||