Emiel van Lennep

Emile (Emiel) van Lennep (15 January 19152 October 1996) was a Dutch official (treasurer general), diplomat and Minister of State.

Life Van Lennep was born in Amsterdam as a son of Louis Henri van Lennep and Catharina Hildegonda Enschede. He studied law from 1932 to 1937 at the University of Amsterdam.

From 1951 to 1969 he was treasurer general, which is the highest official rank of the Dutch Ministry of Finance. From 1969 to 1984 he was secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In the 1970s he was named several times to be a candidate for a function in the government of the Netherlands, but he did not have political aspirations. After his career at the OECD he was appointed to be Minister of State from 1986 until his death in 1996. Van Lennep died in 1996 at the age of 81 years.