Clovis Cnoop Koopmans

Abraham Jakob "Clovis" Cnoop Koopmans (; 28 February 1925 – 25 March 2008) was a Dutch judge and politician of the Labour Party.

Early life and legal career Cnoop Koopmans was born in Amsterdam on 28 February 1925 to Daisy van Tienhoven and Wilhelm Cnoop Koopmans, an ambassador and secretary of the . His family is registered in the , and his great-grandfather was Prime Minister Gijsbert van Tienhoven. Cnoop Koopmans has two younger siblings, and he attended the Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam, graduating with a diploma in 1943. He studied Dutch law at the University of Amsterdam from 1945 until 1952, and he served as the rector of the . Cnoop Koopmans was specialised in juvenile cases. A nuclear pacifist, he voted against the budget of the Ministry of Defence, and he was one of four members of his parliamentary group to oppose a revision of the University Education Act.

He chaired the Labour Party's internal appeals committee until 2004.