Marinus van der Goes van Naters

Jonkheer Marinus van der Goes van Naters
Marinus van der Goes van Naters in 1946
Member of the European Parliament
In office 1 January 1958 – 7 May 1967
Parliamentary group	Socialist Group
Constituency	Netherlands
Member of the European Coal and Steel Community Parliament
In office 10 September 1952 – 1 January 1958
Parliamentary group	Socialist Group
Constituency	Netherlands
Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives
In office 4 June 1946 – 16 January 1951
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Jaap Burger
Parliamentary group	Labour Party
In office 25 September 1945 – 4 June 1946
Preceded by	Willem Drees
Succeeded by	Office discontinued
Parliamentary group	Social Democratic Workers' Party
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 4 June 1946 – 22 February 1967
Parliamentary group	Labour Party
In office 8 June 1937 – 4 June 1946
Parliamentary group	Social Democratic Workers' Party
Personal details
Born	Marinus van der Goes van Naters (1900-12-21)21 December 1900 Nijmegen, Netherlands
Died	12 February 2005(2005-02-12) (aged 104) Wassenaar, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party (from 1946)
Other political affiliations	Social Democratic Workers' Party (until 1946)
Spouse	Anneke van der Plaats ​ ​ (m. 1924; died 1985)​
Children	5
Alma mater	Leiden University (LLB, LLM, PhD)
Occupation	Politician Jurist lawyer activist author

Jonkheer Marinus van der Goes van Naters (21 December 1900 – 12 February 2005) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA) and lawyer.

Background and early career

He was born in Nijmegen. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1967 and in-parliament chairman of the Social Democratic parties SDAP and its successor the Dutch Labour Party from 1945 to 1951.

Imprisonment at Buchenwald and elsewhere

From 1940 to 1944 during World War II he was held hostage by the German occupiers in various camps, including Buchenwald concentration camp.

German border issues after WW2

In the mid-1950s he was involved in the eponymous plan adopted by the Council of Europe for the settlement of the Saar question. In the post-war years he successfully argued that the Duivelsberg (German: Wylerberg or Teufelsberg), annexed from Germany after World War II, be retained permanently by the Netherlands.

Death

He died in 2005 at the age of 104 in Wassenaar, Netherlands.

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	30 April 1951
	Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	22 February 1967

See also

• Wyler, North Rhine-Westphalia#Proximity of Wylerberg

External links

Official

• (in Dutch) Jhr.Mr.Dr. M. (Marinus) van der Goes van Naters Parlement & Politiek