Jan van den Brink

• Name — Jan van den Brink • Office — Minister of Economic Affairs • Term Start — 21 January 1948 • Term End — 2 September 1952 • 1blankname — Cabinet • 1namedata — * Beel I • Drees–Van Schaik • Drees I • Predecessor — Gerardus Huysmans • Successor — Jelle Zijlstra • Office1 — Member of the Senate • Term1 — 20 November 1945 – 19 January 1948 27 July 1948 – 11 August 1948 • Birth Name — Johannes Roelof Maria van den Brink • Born — 12 April 1915 • Birthplace — Laren, Netherlands • Died — 19 July 2006 • Place of death — Hilversum, Netherlands • Party — * Roman Catholic State Party (until 1945) • Catholic People's Party (1945 onwards) • Children — 7 • Education — Tilburg University • Occupation — * Politician • banker

Born in Laren, North Holland in 1915, he received his doctorate in economics from Tilburg University in 1942. He worked as a civil servant, and he became a professor at Radboud University Nijmegen in December 1945. Van den Brink started serving in the Senate in November 1945 as a member of the Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP), which continued as the Catholic People's Party (KVP) the following month. He was sworn in as Minister of Economic Affairs as part of the first Beel cabinet on 21 January 1948, becoming the youngest minister in Dutch political history. He stayed on in his position in the Drees–Van Schaik and first Drees cabinets, contributing to the post-World War II economic reconstruction of the Netherlands. Van den Brink's last term as economic affairs minister ended on 2 September 1952, and he became and advisor of the Amsterdamsche Bank. He was a member of the board of directors of the bank between 1954 and 1964 and of the AMRO Bank until 1978, following the merger of the Amsterdamsche Bank and the Rotterdamsche Bank. After his departure from politics, he turned down several positions, including as prime minister. Van den Brink was an artist after his retirement, and he died in Hilversum in 2006 at the age of 91.

He married Anneke Vermeulen in May 1943, and he had seven children.

Honours • Ribbon bar — Honour — Country — Date — Comment • — Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown — Belgium — 6 May 1949 • — Knight Commander with Star of the Order of St. Gregory the Great — Holy See — 29 December 1951 • — Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour — France — 9 April 1952 • — Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau — Netherlands — 21 March 1978 — Elevated from Commander (30 September 1952) • — Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre — Holy See — 20 October 1990

The authorities additionally record the headings Johannes Roelof Maria van den Brink, Jan Roelof van den Brink, Jan Roelof M. van den Brink and J.R.M. van den Brink. His recorded language was Dutch. His recorded confession was Catholic Church.

Jan van den Brink is recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of the Netherlands. Recorded with the occupation resistance fighter. Recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded with the occupation politician. Recorded with the occupation economist. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded with the occupation banker.