Johan Witteveen

His Excellency Johan Witteveen


5th Managing Director of the IMF
In office 1 September 1973 – 18 June 1978
Preceded by	Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
Succeeded by	Jacques de Larosière
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 Serving with Joop Bakker
Prime Minister	Piet de Jong
Preceded by	Jan de Quay Barend Biesheuvel
Succeeded by	Roelof Nelissen Molly Geertsema
Minister of Finance of the Netherlands
In office 5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971
Prime Minister	Piet de Jong
Preceded by	Jelle Zijlstra
Succeeded by	Roelof Nelissen
In office 24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965
Prime Minister	Victor Marijnen
Preceded by	Jelle Zijlstra
Succeeded by	Anne Vondeling
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 21 September 1965 – 5 April 1967
In office 5 June 1963 – 24 July 1963
Member of the Senate of the Netherlands
In office 8 June 1971 – 1 September 1973
In office 23 December 1958 – 5 June 1963
Personal details
Born	Hendrikus Johannes Witteveen (1921-06-12) 12 June 1921 Zeist, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 1980)
Spouse(s)	Liesbeth de Vries Feijens
Children	4 children
Residence	Wassenaar, Netherlands
Alma mater	Erasmus University Rotterdam (Master of Economics, Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician Economist Professor Author
Religion	Universal Sufism

Hendrikus Johannes "Johan" Witteveen (born 12 June 1921) is a Dutch economist, retired politician, and author. He was a member of the Senate (1958–63; 1971–73) and the House of Representatives (1963; 1965–67) for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. He was Minister of Finance (1963–65; 1967–71) and managing director of the International Monetary Fund (1973–78). He also wrote books on Universal Sufism and economics.

Early life and education

Witteveen was born on 12 June 1921 in Zeist in the Netherlands. He is the son of architect Willem Gerrit Witteveen and Anna Maria Wibaut and the grandson of social democratic politician Floor Wibaut.^[1] He went to the public secondary school Gymnasium Erasmianum in Rotterdam. He studied economics at the Netherlands School of Economics from 1939 to 1946. He received his PhD in 1947 with the dissertation Loonhoogte en werkgelegenheid (Height of wages and employment). His advisor was Nobel Prize laureate Jan Tinbergen.^[1]

Career

Witteveen as Minister of Finance in 1964

Witteveen worked as an economist at the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis under Jan Tinbergen and Fred Polak from 1947 until 1963. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He served as a Member of the Senate from 23 December 1958 until 5 June 1963 and as Member of the House of Representatives from 5 June 1963 until 24 July 1963. He then became Minister of Finance in the Cabinet Marijnen serving from 24 July 1963 until 14 April 1965. He then served as a Member of the House of Representatives again from 21 September 1965 until 5 April 1967, when he returned as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister serving from 5 April 1967 until 6 July 1971 in the Cabinet de Jong. He again returned to the Senate, serving from 8 June 1971 until 1 September 1973. Afterwards he became the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, serving from 1 September 1973 until 18 June 1978. From 1978 to 1985 he was the first chairman of the Washington-based economics body, the Group of Thirty.^[2] He has been member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1980.^[3]

Personal life

Witteveen is married to Liesbeth de Vries Feijens. They have four children. His son Willem Witteveen was also a politician, until he died on 17 July 2014 when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine.^[4]

Decorations

Order of Orange-Nassau
- Commander (17 July 1971)
Order of the Netherlands Lion
- Commander (25 April 1979)

References

1 2 (Dutch) Dr. H.J. (Johan) Witteveen, Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved on 19 July 2014.
↑ (Dutch) Hendrikus becomes the fifth Managing Director, Xtimeline.com, 25 July 2012)
↑ "Johannes Witteveen" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
↑ Professor Witteveen, his wife and student daughter, killed in plane crash, Tilburg University, 2014. Retrieved on 18 July 2014.

External links

Media related to Johan Witteveen at Wikimedia Commons
(Dutch) Official website

Political offices
Preceded by Jelle Zijlstra	Minister of Finance 1963–1965	Succeeded by Anne Vondeling
Preceded by Jelle Zijlstra	Minister of Finance 1967–1971	Succeeded by Roelof Nelissen
Preceded by Jan de Quay Barend Biesheuvel	Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1967–1971 With: Joop Bakker	Succeeded by Roelof Nelissen Molly Geertsema
Business positions
Preceded by Pierre-Paul Schweitzer	Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund 1973–1978	Succeeded by Jacques de Larosière

IMF Managing Directors

Camille Gutt Ivar Rooth Per Jacobsson Pierre-Paul Schweitzer Johan Witteveen Jacques de Larosière Michel Camdessus Horst Köhler Rodrigo Rato Dominique Strauss-Kahn Christine Lagarde

Deputy Prime Ministers of the Netherlands

Drees Van Schaik Teulings Beel Struycken Korthals Biesheuvel Vondeling De Quay Witteveen Bakker Nelissen Geertsema Van Agt De Gaay Fortman Wiegel Den Uyl Terlouw Van Aardenne De Korte Kok Dijkstal Van Mierlo Jorritsma Borst Bomhoff Remkes De Boer Zalm De Graaf Brinkhorst Bos Rouvoet Verhagen Asscher

Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands

Ministry of Finance

Schimmelpenninck Van Bosse Ossewaarde Van Bosse Van Doorn Van Hall Agnites Vrolik Van Bosse Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis Van Bosse Blussé van Oud-Alblas Van Delden Van der Heim Gleichman Vissering Van Lynden van Sandenburg Grobbée Bloem Godin de Beaufort Pierson Sprenger van Eyk Pierson Van Tecklenburg De Meester Kolkman Bertling Treub Van Gijn De Vries Corneliszoon De Geer Colijn De Geer Oud De Wilde Colijn Bodenhausen De Geer Welter Steenberghe Albarda Van den Broek Huysmans Lieftinck Drees Van de Kieft Hofstra Zijlstra Witteveen Vondeling Zijlstra Witteveen Nelissen Duisenberg Andriessen Van Aardenne Van der Stee Ruding Kok Zalm Hoogervorst Zalm Bos De Jager Dijsselbloem

De Jong cabinet (1967-1971)

^{Preceded: Zijlstra cabinet · Succeed: First Biesheuvel cabinet}

Prime Minister	Piet de Jong General Affairs

Deputy Prime Ministers	Johan Witteveen Finance Joop Bakker Transport, Public Works and Water Management and Surinamese and Netherlands Antilles Affairs

Ministers	Henk Beernink Interior Joseph Luns Foreign Affairs Carel Polak Justice Leo de Block Economic Affairs) (1967-1970 Piet de Jong Economic Affairs) (Acting Roelof Nelissen Economic Affairs) (from 1970 Willem den Toom Defence Bauke Roolvink Social Affairs and Health Gerard Veringa Education and Science Pierre Lardinois Agriculture and Fisheries Wim Schut Housing and Spatial Planning Marga Klompé Culture, Recreation and Social work

Minister without portfolio	Berend Jan Udink Development Cooperation

State Secretaries	Chris van Veen Interior Hans de Koster Foreign Affairs Frits Grapperhaus Finance Klaas Wiersma Justice) (from 1970 Louis van Son Economic Affairs Joop Haex Defence Adri van Es Defence Anthony Duynstee Defence Roelof Kruisinga Social Affairs and Health Hans Grosheide Education and Science Mike Keyzer Transport, Public Works and Water Management Hein van de Poel Culture, Recreation and Social work

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 94622733 LCCN: n78051818 ISNI: 0000 0001 0926 7973 GND: 120769646 SUDOC: 067062474 BNF: cb12316507d (data)

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