About Roelof Kranenburg
Lived 1880 – 1956 (aged 76). Roelof Kranenburg was a Dutch lawyer, jurist, university teacher, politician and judge.
Roelof Kranenburg (8 September 1880 – 27 December 1956) was a Dutch politician, lawyer and professor of constitutional law. Initially, he was a member of the Free-thinking Democratic League, but later he joined the Labour Party. He was president of the Senate from 1946 till 1951 He was preceded by Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk and was succeeded by his party colleague Jan Anne Jonkman. During the Second World War, he was put under arrest by the Nazis.
Decorations Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
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Who was Roelof Kranenburg?
Dutch politician (1880–1956)
When was Roelof Kranenburg born?
Roelof Kranenburg was born on 8 September 1880 in Groningen.
When did Roelof Kranenburg die?
Roelof Kranenburg died on 28 December 1956 in The Hague.
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Roelof Kranenburg was a lawyer, jurist, university teacher, politician and judge.
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Roelof Kranenburg was Dutch.
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