Jan Heemskerk

Infobox Prime Minister
name Jan Heemskerk


order =Prime Minister of the Netherlands
term_start = 23 April 1883
term_end = 21 April 1888
deputy =
predecessor = Teo van Lynden van Sandenburg
successor = Æneas Mackay
order2 =Prime Minister of the Netherlands
term_start2 = 6 July 1872
term_end2 = 27 August 1874
deputy =
predecessor2 = Gerrit de Vries Azn
successor2 = Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello
birth_date =birth date|1818|7|30|df=y
birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands
death_date = death date and age|1897|10|9|1818|7|30|df=y
death_place = The Hague, Netherlands
spouse = Anna Maria Heemskerk
religion = Remonstrant (Arminian)
constituency = Amsterdam, Gorinchem
party = Conservative
languagesspoken = Dutch

Jan Heemskerk Abrahamszoon (30 July 1818 – 9 October 1897) was a Dutch politician, who became the prime minister of the Netherlands in 1874 until 1877, and again in 1883, until 1888. His son, Theo Heemskerk was also prime minister, in the period 1908-1913.

History

Heemskerk was born in Amsterdam in 1818. He studied law and became a lawyer, then a member of the Tweede Kamer. Originally he was a liberal politician, but became conservative, and was conservative when he was prime minister. He died in The Hague in 1897 at the age of 79.

Published works

Heemskerk's published works include
*"De praktijk onzer grondwet." 2 vols. (Utrecht: J. L. Beijers, 1881.)
*"Speciminis inauguralis de Montesquivio pars prior [-altera] ." 2 vols. (Amstelodami: J.H. et G. van Heteren, 1839.)