Molly Geertsema
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Molly Geertsema in 1985
Member of the Senate
In office
13 September 1983 – 23 June 1987
Parliamentary groupPeople's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Queen's Commissioner of Gelderland
In office
1 December 1973 – 1 November 1983
MonarchJuliana(1973–1980)
Beatrix(1980–1983)
Preceded byHugo Bloemers
Succeeded byMatty de Bruijne
Minister for Suriname and
Netherlands Antilles Affairs
In office
1 January 1973 – 11 May 1973
Prime MinisterBarend Biesheuvel
Preceded byPierre Lardinois
Succeeded byGaius de Gaay Fortman
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973
Serving with Roelof Nelissen
Prime MinisterBarend Biesheuvel
Preceded byJohan Witteveen
Joop Bakker
Succeeded byDries van Agt
Minister of the Interior
In office
6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973
Prime MinisterBarend Biesheuvel
Preceded byHenk Beernink
Succeeded byGaius de Gaay Fortman
Leader of the People's Party
for Freedom and Democracy
In office
1 October 1969 – 1 July 1971
DeputyRoelof Zegering Hadders
Preceded byEdzo Toxopeus
Succeeded byHans Wiegel
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
In office
1 October 1969 – 6 July 1971
Preceded byEdzo Toxopeus
Succeeded byHans Wiegel
In office
24 July 1963 – 12 March 1966
Preceded byEdzo Toxopeus
Succeeded byEdzo Toxopeus
Parliamentary groupPeople's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Mayor of Wassenaar
In office
1 February 1961 – 10 April 1971
Preceded bySweder van Wijnbergen
Succeeded byKarel Staab
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
28 May 1973 – 9 November 1973
In office
7 February 1973 – 5 May 1973
In office
20 March 1959 – 6 July 1971
Parliamentary groupPeople's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Mayor of Warffum
In office
1 January 1953 – 1 January 1957
Preceded byTekke Nabring
Succeeded bySimon de Waard
Personal details
Born
Willem Jacob Geertsema II

(1918-10-18)18 October 1918
Utrecht, Netherlands
Died27 June 1991(1991-06-27)(aged 72)
Wassenaar, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Political partyPeople's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
(from 1948)
Other political
affiliations
Freedom Party(1947–1948)
Spouse(s)
Adolfine Schoonenberg
(m. 1947;his death 1991)
RelationsJohan Herman Geertsema
(great-grand father)
Willem Jacob Geertsema I
(grand father)
ChildrenJohan Herman Geertsema (1949–2000)
Hero Omko Geertsema (1952–1952)
Omko Oesebrand Geertsema (1953–2012)
Alexander Cornelis Geertsema
(born 1955)
Alma materLeiden University
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Jurist · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Legal educator · Author · Lobbyist · Activist