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''' Folkert Evert Posthuma''' (20 May 1874, [[Leeuwarden]] - 3 June 1943, [[Vorden ]]) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[politician]].
[[File:Folkert Posthuma (1930).jpg|thumb|175px|Folkert Posthuma in 1930]]
'''Folkert Evert Posthuma''' (20 May 1874, [[Leeuwarden]] 3 June 1943, [[Vorden]]) was a Dutch politician.


==See also==
==Biography==
During [[World War I]], he was the Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade in the government of [[Cort van der Linden]] and as such responsible for the food distribution. Before and after his ministership he held a senior management position at the insurance company [[Centraal Beheer]]. In the 1930s he became a sympathiser, but not a member, of the [[National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands|NSB]]. In 1943 he was asked by NSB leader [[Anton Mussert]] to become his representative for agriculture but was assassinated later that year by the [[Dutch resistance]] and communist Jan Verleun.<ref>{{cite web|title=F.E. (Folkert) Posthuma|url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09lljev8xk/f_e_folkert_posthuma|publisher=Parlement & Politiek|language=Dutch}}</ref>
*[[List of Dutch politicians]]


==References==
==References==
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*{{translation/ref|nl|Folkert Posthuma }}


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| title = [[Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands)|Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade]]
| years = 1914–1918
| before = [[Willem Treub]]
| after = [[Hendrik Albert van IJsselsteyn]]
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{{Ministers of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands}}
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Latest revision as of 19:27, 3 October 2024

Folkert Posthuma in 1930

Folkert Evert Posthuma (20 May 1874, Leeuwarden – 3 June 1943, Vorden) was a Dutch politician.

Biography

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During World War I, he was the Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade in the government of Cort van der Linden and as such responsible for the food distribution. Before and after his ministership he held a senior management position at the insurance company Centraal Beheer. In the 1930s he became a sympathiser, but not a member, of the NSB. In 1943 he was asked by NSB leader Anton Mussert to become his representative for agriculture but was assassinated later that year by the Dutch resistance and communist Jan Verleun.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "F.E. (Folkert) Posthuma" (in Dutch). Parlement & Politiek.
Government offices
Preceded by Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade
1914–1918
Succeeded by