Edzo Hendrik Toxopeus was a
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politician of the
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(VVD). He served as Minister of the Interior from May 19, 1959 until April 14, 1965. On January 22, 1985 he was granted the honorary title of
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a title he had until his death.
Early life
After earning his diploma in
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he studied at the
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. He gained the Master's degree in 1942. From 1942-1959 he was an established lawyer in
BredaBreda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance...
. From October 1944 to August 1945 he was head of the legal department of the military commission at
BredaBreda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance...
. From 1949-1959 he served as
VVDThe People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal Democrats 66 alongside which it sits in...
member on Breda's municipal council. From 1956-1959 he was a Member of the House of Representatives.
Politics
Toxopeus was Minister of the Interior in the cabinets of De Quay and Marijnen from May 19, 1959 until April 14, 1965. He had been again a Member of the House of Representatives from 1965 until 1969. From 1966 he served as Chair of the Parliamentary Party of VVD party.
From 1970-1980 he was
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of
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. Until 1988 he was a member of the
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. On January 18, 1985 Toxopeus was appointed as a
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.
External links
Mr. E.H. (Edzo) Toxopeus (Parlement & Politiek)