Jan Donner

His Excellency
Jan Donner
His Excellency Jan Donner
	Donner in 1926
President of the Supreme Court
	In office; 1 February 1947 – 1 March 1961
Preceded by	Johannes van Loon
Succeeded by	Pieter Hendrik Smits
Judge of the Supreme Court
	In office; 5 May 1945 – 1 February 1947
Minister of Justice
	In office; 8 March 1926 – 26 May 1933
Prime Minister	Dirk Jan de Geer ; (1926–1929) ; Charles Ruijs de ; Beerenbrouck ; (1929–1933)
Preceded by	Jan Schokking
Succeeded by	Josef van Schaik
Personal details
Born	Jan Donner; 3 February 1891; Assen, Netherlands
Died	2 February 1981 (aged 89); The Hague, Netherlands
Political party	Anti-Revolutionary Party
Spouse	Golida van den Burg (m. 1916; died 1965)
Children	André Donner (1918–1992) ; Jan Hein Donner (1927–1988) ; 1 other son and 3 daughters
Relatives	Piet Hein Donner (grandson)
Alma mater	Utrecht University ; (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Judge · Researcher · Author · Professor

Jan Donner (3 February 1891 – 2 February 1981) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and jurist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 16 December 1971.

Donner was Minister of Justice from 1926 to 1933, President of the Dutch Supreme Court from 1946 to 1961, and was named Minister of State in 1971 for his services to the State.^[1]

He was the father of the chess player Jan Hein Donner and the jurist André Donner, and the grandfather of the former Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Piet Hein Donner.

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
	Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	28 April 1951	Elevated from Knight (31 August 1925)
	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	28 February 1961	Elevated from Commander (17 September 1946)

Honorific Titles
Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
	Minister of State	Netherlands	16 December 1971	Style of Excellency

^ "Mr.Dr. J. (Jan) Donner" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
^ "J. Donner (1891 - 1981)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

Political offices
Preceded by Jan Schokking	Minister of Justice 1926–1933	Succeeded by Josef van Schaik
Legal offices
Preceded by Johannes van Loon	President of the Supreme Court 1947–1961	Succeeded by Pieter Hendrik Smits

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v t e Third Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet (1929–1933)
Preceded: First De Geer cabinet Succeed: Second Colijn cabinet
Prime Minister	Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Interior and Agriculture) (1929–1932) (Interior) (from 1932)
Ministers	Hendrik van Boeijen (Interior) Frans Beelaerts van Blokland (Foreign Affairs) (1929–1933) Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (Foreign Affairs) (from 1933) (Ad interim) Dirk Jan de Geer (Finance) Jan Donner (Justice) Timotheus Verschuur (Labour, Commerce and Industry) (1929–1932) Timotheus Verschuur (Economic Affairs and Labour) (from 1932) Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers (Defence) Jan Terpstra (Education, Arts and Sciences) Paul Reymer (Water Management) Simon de Graaff (Colonial Affairs)

v t e First De Geer cabinet (1926–1929)
Preceded: First Colijn cabinet Succeed: Third Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet
Prime Minister	Dirk Jan de Geer (Finance)
Ministers	Jan Kan (Interior and Agriculture) Herman van Karnebeek (Foreign Affairs) (1926–1927) Frans Beelaerts van Blokland (Foreign Affairs) (from 1927) Jan Donner (Justice) Jan Rudolph Slotemaker de Bruïne (Labour, Commerce and Industry) Louis van Royen (War and Navy) (1926) Johan Lambooij (War and Navy) (1926–1928) Johan Lambooij (Defence) (from 1928) Marius Waszink (Education, Arts and Sciences) Hendrik van der Vegte (Water Management) Jacob Koningsberger (Colonial Affairs)

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