Joan Röell

Jonkheer Joan Röell


22nd Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 9 May 1894 – 27 July 1897
Monarch	Wilhelmina, Emma (Regent)
Preceded by	Gijsbert van Tienhoven
Succeeded by	Nicolaas Pierson
Personal details
Born	Joan Röell (1844-07-21)21 July 1844 Haarlem, Netherlands
Died	13 July 1914(1914-07-13) (aged 69) The Hague, Netherlands
Political party	Free Liberal
Spouse(s)	Eritia Erna Romelia de Beaufort
Occupation	Lawyer
Religion	Dutch Reformed Church

Jonkheer Joan Röell (21 July 1844 – 13 July 1914) was a Dutch nobleman, lawyer and statesman.^[1] He was a member of a prominent Dutch noble family which produced many public administrators and politicians.

From 1894 to 1897 Röell headed the Dutch government as Prime Minister (formally: chairman of the Council of Ministers) and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Early life and education

Röell was born in Haarlem, to Herman Hendrik, Baron Röell, C.N.L., G.E.K. (1806–1883), member (1842) and registrar (1843–1858) of the States of North Holland, King's Commissioner of Utrecht (1858–1860) and of North Holland (1860–1879), curator of the University of Utrecht (1859–1883), and his wife Elisabeth van de Poll (1808–1862).^[2]

He attended a boarding school in Sassenheim, and later a gymnasium in Utrecht. From 1861 to 23 November 1866, he studied Roman and Contemporary Law at the University of Applied Sciences of Utrecht, after which he briefly worked as a lawyer.

Political career

As a former registrar of the States of South Holland, Röell was familiar with the intricacies of local and regional government and water management. In 1877, he was elected into the House of Representatives for the district of Utrecht. He was re-elected in 1881 and 1884, but lost his seat to Æneas, Baron Mackay in 1886. He became a member of the Senate for Zeeland until he won back his seat in the House from Mackay in 1888. He was re-elected again in 1891. In the House, he was concerned with various policy areas, including education, water management, health, constitutional amendment, suffrage, home affairs, Indian affairs and taxes.

After the 1894 general election, Röell became formateur, and formed a liberal cabinet in which he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He also became the chairman of the Council of Ministers, a position that would later be dubbed Prime Minister. In 1886, his cabinet greatly expanded suffrage, doubling the electorate.

In 1897, after finishing his term, he stood for election to the House of Representatives again, but was not elected, and returned to the Senate one year later. In 1901, Röell returned to House of Representatives for the district of Utrecht II. After his re-election in 1905, he served as President of the House of Representatives, until he lost his seat in 1909. After another stint in the Senate for North Holland, from 1910 to 1912, Röell was appointed Vice President of the Council of State. Röell died on 13 July 1914 in The Hague, eight days before his 70th birthday, and was buried in the family vault in Leusden three days later.

Private life

Röell married Jonkvrouw Eritia Ena Romelia de Beaufort (1843 – 1910) in Utrecht on 10 September 1868. The couple remained childless.^[3]

Notes

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References

"Röell". Nederland's Adelsboek. Den Haag: Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie. 91: 363–454. 2004–2005. ISSN 0921-9021.
"Jhr.Mr. J. Röell". Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 April 2008.

External links

Media related to Joan Röell at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by Joannes Coenraad Jansen	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1894–1897	Succeeded by Willem Hendrik de Beaufort
Preceded by Gijsbert van Tienhoven	Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1894–1897	Succeeded by Nicolaas Pierson
Preceded by Baron Mackay	President of the House of Representatives 1905–1909	Succeeded by Count van Bylandt
Preceded by Petrus Johannes van Swinderen	Vice President of the Council of State 1912–1914	Succeeded by Wilhelmus Frederik van Leeuwen

Prime Ministers of the Netherlands

Schimmelpenninck De Kempenaer Thorbecke Van Hall Van der Brugghen Rochussen Van Hall Ja. Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Heemstra Thorbecke Fransen van de Putte Ju. Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Bosse Thorbecke De Vries J. Heemskerk Kappeyne van de Coppello Van Lynden van Sandenburg J. Heemskerk Mackay Van Tienhoven Roëll Pierson Kuyper De Meester T. Heemskerk Cort van der Linden Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Colijn De Geer Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Colijn De Geer Gerbrandy Schermerhorn Beel Drees Beel De Quay Marijnen Cals Zijlstra De Jong Biesheuvel Den Uyl Van Agt Lubbers Kok Balkenende Rutte

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Schimmelpenninck Bentinck van Nijenhuis Lightenvelt Van Sonsbeeck Ja. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Hall Gevers van Endegeest Van Goltstein Van Hall Ju. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van der Goes van Dirxland Ja. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Strens Stratenus Van der Maesen de Sombreff Huyssen van Kattendijke Cremers Ju. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Mulken Roest van Limburg Van Mulken Gericke van Herwijnen Van der Does de Willebois Van Heeckeren van Kell Van Lynden van Sandenburg Rochussen Van der Does de Willebois Du Tour van Bellinchave Van Karnebeek Hartsen Van Tienhoven Jansen Röell De Beaufort Van Lynden Ellis Van Weede van Berencamp Ellis Van Tets van Goudriaan De Marees van Swinderen Cort van der Linden Loudon Van Karnebeek Beelaerts van Blokland De Graeff Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Colijn Patijn Van Kleffens Van Roijen Van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout Stikker Beyen Luns Schmelzer Van der Stoel Van der Klaauw Van der Stoel Van Agt Van den Broek Kooijmans Van Mierlo Van Aartsen De Hoop Scheffer Bot Verhagen Rosenthal Timmermans Koenders

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