Jacob de Kempenaer

Jacob de Kempenaer
2nd Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office
21 November 1848  1 November 1849
Monarch William II
Preceded by Gerrit Schimmelpenninck
Succeeded by Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
Personal details
Born Jacobus Mattheüs de Kempenaer
(1793-07-06)6 July 1793
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died 12 February 1870(1870-02-12) (aged 76)
Arnhem, Netherlands
Spouse(s) Arnoldina Jacoba Gerlings
Children 6
Religion Dutch Reformed Church

Jacobus Mattheüs de Kempenaer (6 July 1793, in Amsterdam – 12 February 1870, in Arnhem) was a Dutch politician, lawyer, and second Prime Minister of the Netherlands from November 1848 to November 1849. He served as a member of the House of Representatives, chairman of the board of Commerce for Arnhem, a member of the city board, and a member of the Provincial States of Gelderland.

Initially in the House of Representatives, de Kempenaer was considered a liberal. In 1844, he was among nine men to propose amending the Constitution of the Netherlands. De Kempenaer was appointed to the Constitution Commission headed by Johan Rudolph Thorbecke in 1848, and as Minister of the Interior. He soon became de facto Prime Minister, playing an important role in the revision of the national Constitution. He resigned his offices in 1849 and subsequently became a conservative, opposing Thorbecke.

Family

De Kempenaer was married in Haarlem on 19 August 1818 to Arnoldina Jacoba Gerlings (1796–1871). They had three sons and three daughters.

References

Nederland's Patriciaat, 39 ('s-Gravenhage 1953), 155. NP

Political offices
Preceded by
Lodewijk Caspar Luzac
Minister of the Interior
1848–1849
Succeeded by
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
Preceded by
Count Schimmelpenninck
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1849
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