Hendrik van Boeijen

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Boeijen, not Boeijen.

Hendrik van Boeijen (23 May 1889 – 30 March 1947) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

His Excellency Hendrik van Boeijen
Hendrik van Boeijen in 1942
Minister of War
In office 27 July 1941 – 15 September 1942
Prime Minister	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Preceded by	Himself as Minister of Defence
Succeeded by	Otto van Lidth de Jeude
Minister of Defence
In office 12 June 1941 – 27 July 1941 Ad interim
Prime Minister	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Preceded by	Adriaan Dijxhoorn
Succeeded by	Himself as Minister of War Johan Furstner as Minister of the Navy
Minister of General Affairs
In office 3 September 1940 – 23 February 1945 Serving with Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy as Minister of General Warfare (1942–1945)
Prime Minister	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Preceded by	Dirk Jan de Geer
Succeeded by	Louis Beel (1947)
Minister of the Interior
In office 27 January 1945 – 23 February 1945 Ad interim
Prime Minister	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Preceded by	Jaap Burger
Succeeded by	Louis Beel
In office 24 June 1937 – 31 May 1944
Prime Minister	See list Hendrikus Colijn (1937–1939) Dirk Jan de Geer (1939–1940) Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1940–1944)
Preceded by	Jacob Adriaan de Wilde
Succeeded by	Jaap Burger
Personal details
Born	Hendrik van Boeijen (1889-05-23)23 May 1889 Putten, Netherlands
Died	30 March 1947(1947-03-30) (aged 57) Soesterberg, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Historical Union
Spouse	Petronella de Mots ​ (m. 1916)​
Children	Geertje van Boeijen (1918–1993) Gerarda van Boeijen (1921–2000) Jaap van Boeijen (1931–1995) 1 other child
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Nonprofit director · Media administrator

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	1935
	Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	6 May 1946

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Official

• (in Dutch) H. (Hendrik) van Boeijen Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded by Jacob Adriaan de Wilde	Minister of the Interior 1937–1944 1945 Ad interim	Succeeded by Jaap Burger
Preceded by Jaap Burger		Succeeded by Louis Beel
Preceded by Dirk Jan de Geer	Minister of General Affairs 1940–1945	Succeeded by Louis Beel (1947)
Preceded by Adriaan Dijxhoorn	Minister of Defence Ad interim 1941	Succeeded by Himself as Minister of War
		Succeeded by Johan Furstner as Minister of the Navy
Preceded by Himself as Minister of Defence	Minister of War 1941–1942	Succeeded by Otto van Lidth de Jeude