Nic Tummers
Nicolaas Hendrik Marie Tummers (5 February 1928 – 24 April 2020) was a Dutch politician who served as a Senator between 1974 and 1995.
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Nic Tummers
- Full name
- Nicolaas Hendrik Marie Tummers.
- Born
- 1928. · Heerlen.
- Died
- 2020.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Occupation
- politician, sculptor, painter, draftsperson and architect.
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion and Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
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Employment is recorded with Eindhoven University of Technology. Positions recorded include member of the Senate of the Netherlands and substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion and Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Tummers was part of the States of Limburg (1974–1978) and of the Senate between 17 September 1974 and 13 June 1995. He was spokesman for "traffic and water management", "cultural affairs" and "European affairs" of the PvdA-Senate fraction. After 1991, Tummers served as President of the Senate several times. He also held various positions in the field of architecture and visual arts and published about these subjects. Tummers received various cultural awards including the BNA-kubus and in 2008 received the medal of honor from the municipality of Heerlen. He was made Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1986) and Commander in the Order of Orange-Nassau (1995).
Personal
Personal
Tummers was born in Heerlen. He was a son of architect Henk Herman Antoon Tummers and Christine Catharina Smits. He married sculptor Vera van Hasselt (1924–2014) in 1954. He died in Sittard-Geleen on 24 April 2020.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. It is also recorded that nic Tummers is recorded with the occupation politician. Institutional cataloguing adds that nic Tummers is recorded with the occupation sculptor. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded with the occupation draftsperson. Institutional cataloguing adds that nic Tummers is recorded with the occupation architect. Recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of the Netherlands. Recorded with the gender male. Born on 5 February 1928. Tummers died on 24 April 2020.
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Nic Tummers, an art historian and architectural historian, was born on 5 February 1928. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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