Max van der Stoel
Max van der Stoel | |
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High Commissioner on National Minorities of the OSCE | |
In office 1 January 1993 – 1 July 2001 | |
Secretary-General | See list
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Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Rolf Ekeus |
Member of the Council of State | |
In office 1 August 1986 – 1 January 1993 | |
Vice President | Willem Scholten |
Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations | |
In office 1 July 1983 – 1 August 1986 | |
Preceded by | Hugo Scheltema |
Succeeded by | Peter van Walsum |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 | |
Prime Minister | Dries van Agt |
Preceded by | Chris van der Klaauw |
Succeeded by | Dries van Agt |
In office 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 | |
Prime Minister | Joop den Uyl |
Preceded by | Norbert Schmelzer |
Succeeded by | Chris van der Klaauw |
Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 22 September 1971 – 11 May 1973 | |
Parliamentary group | Socialist Group |
Constituency | Netherlands |
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 22 July 1965 – 22 November 1966 Serving with Leo de Block | |
Prime Minister | Jo Cals |
Preceded by | Isaäc Nicolaas Diepenhorst |
Succeeded by | Leo de Block |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 16 January 1978 – 11 September 1981 | |
In office 8 June 1977 – 8 September 1977 | |
In office 23 February 1967 – 11 May 1973 | |
In office 5 June 1963 – 22 July 1965 | |
Parliamentary group | Labour Party |
Member of the Senate | |
In office 27 September 1960 – 5 June 1963 | |
Parliamentary group | Labour Party |
Personal details | |
Born | Maximilianus van der Stoel 3 August 1924 Voorschoten, Netherlands |
Died | 23 April 2011 The Hague, Netherlands | (aged 86)
Political party | Labour Party (from 1950) |
Spouse |
Maria Aritia de Kanter
(m. 1953; div. 1976) |
Children | 4 daughters and 1 son |
Alma mater | Leiden University (Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Laws, Master of Social Science) |
Occupation | Politician · Diplomat · Civil servant · Jurist · Researcher · Nonprofit director · Lobbyist · Activist · Author · Professor |
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Maximilianus "Max" van der Stoel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌmɑksimiliˈjaːnɵs ˈmɑks fɑn dɛr ˈstul];[note 1] 3 August 1924 – 23 April 2011) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Labour Party (PvdA) and High Commissioner on National
Minorities of the OSCE. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 17 May 1991.High Commissioner on National
Minorities of the OSCE
Biography
Early life and career
Van der Stoel studied law at Leiden University where he obtained an LL.M. degree. From 1953 to 1958 he worked for the Wiardi Beckman Stichting, the scientific bureau of the Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA, the Dutch labour party). Van der Stoel was elected as a Member of the Senate following the Senate election of 1960, serving from 27 September 1960 until 5 June 1963. That year, he became international secretary for the PvdA .
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Politics
Van der Stoel was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1963, serving from 5 June 1963 until 22 July 1965. After the fall of the Cabinet Marijnen on 27 February 1965 Van der Stoel was appointed as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Cals, taking office on 22 July 1965. The Cabinet Cals fell on 14 October 1966 and was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Zijlstra on 22 November 1966. After the election of 1967 Van der Stoel returned as a Member of the House of Representatives on 23 February 1967. Van der Stoel was selected as a Member of the European Parliament and dual served in those positions from 22 September 1971 until 11 May 1973.
From 1973 to 1977 and 1981 to 1982 he was the Netherlands Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1977, during his visit to communist Czechoslovakia, he met with philosopher and dissident Jan Patočka, and they discussed Charter 77 and human rights in Czechoslovakia.[1][2] This provoked harsh criticism by the Czechoslovak authorities and president Gustáv Husák cancelled scheduled meeting with van der Stoel.[1]
After the election of 1977 Van der Stoel returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, serving from 8 June 1977 until 8 September 1977 and again from 16 January 1978. After the election of 1981 Van der Stoel was again appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Van Agt II, taking office on 11 September 1981. The Cabinet Van Agt II fell just seven months into its term on 12 May 1982 and the Labour Party cabinet members resigned on 29 May 1982. Shortly after the fall of the cabinet Van der Stoel announced that she would not stand for the election of 1982.
Van der Stoel remained in active politics, in June 1983 he was nominated as the next Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations, beginning at 1 July 1983 In 1986, Van der Stoel was nominated as a Member of the Council of State, and took office in August 1986.
He was appointed as the first High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in December 1992 and took up his functions in January 1993. He remained in office until 2000. Max van der Stoel was a member of the Bilderberg Group.[citation needed]
In 2001, following his intervention as High Commissioner in the ongoing problem of equitable access to higher education by members of the Albanian ethnic group in the Republic of Macedonia, he became the founding President of the International Foundation for the South East European University, raising some 35m Euros from the international community. He later served as President of the University Board until 2004. He was awarded the University's first honorary Doctorate and the University named its Library in his honour.
Van der Stoel was a member of the Advisory Board of the European Association of History Educators (EUROCLIO).
Post-politics
Following the end of his active political career, Van der Stoel served as a distinguished professor of minority rights at the Leiden University holding the Cleveringa Chair, serving from 1 April 1999 until 1 April 2000 and as a distinguished professor for international relations, international law, European law and peace and conflict studies at the Tilburg University from 1 January 2001 until 1 January 2003.
Post-retirement
After his retirement Van der Stoel occupied numerous seats as a nonprofit director for supervisory boards for non-governmental organizations (Institute for Multiparty Democracy, Carnegie Foundation, Earth Charter Initiative, ProDemos, Netherlands Atlantic Association, Institute of International Relations Clingendael and the European Association of History Educators) and as an advocate, lobbyist and activist for human rights, humanitarianism, democracy and for European integration presiding over several commissions for the European Union.
Freedom awards
- Freedom of Speech of the Four Freedoms Award (1982)
- Helène de Montigny award (December 1991)
- Dr. J.P. van Praag award (1 June 1993, Netherlands)
- Geuzenpenning (1993, Netherlands)
- Wateler Peace award (30 oktober 1996)
Honorary degrees
- Honorary doctorate in Law, University of Athens (1977, Greece)
- Honorary doctorate in Law, Utrecht University (1994, Netherlands)
- Honorary doctorate in Law, Pázmány Péter Catholic University (1999, Hungary)
- Honorary Doctor, South East European University (2005, Republic of Macedonia)
Other
- In 2014, a new park in Prague (in Jan Patočka street) was named in van der Stoel's honour.[2] In 2017, forty years after his meeting with Jan Patočka, Van der Stoel's memorial created by Dominik Lang was unveiled in the park.[3]
Decorations
Honorary degrees
Honorary degrees | ||||
University | Field | Country | Date | Comment |
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University of Athens | Law | Greece | 1977 | |
Utrecht University | Law | Netherlands | 1994 | |
Tilburg University | Law | Netherlands | 2003 |
Notes
References
- ^ a b T?ma, Old?ich (2008). "Snídan? s Mitterandem" [Breakfast with Mitterand]. D?jiny a sou?asnost (2). Nakladatelství Lidové noviny. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Park for Everybody". Praha.eu. 2014-09-29. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Dominik Lang vytvo?il památník Maxe van der Stoela – prvního západního politika, který potvrdil význam Charty 77" (in Czech). 2014-09-29.
- ^ "State decorations - Tomas Garrigue Masaryk Order - List". hrad.cz. Office of the President of the Republic. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- ^ "State decorations - Tomas Garrigue Masaryk Order - List". hrad.cz. Office of the President of the Republic. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 885/2001
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