Jacob Algera (20 March 1902 – 8 December 1966) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).[1]

Jacob Algera
Jacob Algera in 1958
Member of the Council of State
In office
1 November 1958 – 8 December 1966
Vice PresidentBram Rutgers (1958–1959)
Louis Beel (1959–1966)
Minister of Transport and
Water Management
In office
2 September 1952 – 10 October 1958
Prime MinisterWillem Drees
Preceded byHendrik Wemmers
Succeeded byHerman Witte (Ad interim)
Mayor of Leeuwarden
In office
5 May 1945 – 16 March 1946
Ad interim
Preceded byWilhelm Schönhard
Succeeded byAdriaan van der Meulen
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
3 July 1956 – 3 October 1956
In office
21 September 1937 – 2 September 1952
Parliamentary groupAnti-Revolutionary Party
Personal details
Born
Jacob Algera

(1902-03-20)20 March 1902
Wirdum, Netherlands
Died8 December 1966(1966-12-08) (aged 64)
The Hague, Netherlands
Political partyAnti-Revolutionary Party
Spouse
Froukje Lieuwes Wijnia
(m. 1928)
ChildrenTjitske Algera (1935–2006)
Alma materUniversity of Groningen
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
OccupationPolitician · civil servant · Jurist · Academic administrator

Decorations

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Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
  Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands 22 December 1958

References

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  1. ^ "In Memoriam Mr. Jacob Algera" (PDF) (in Dutch). Repositories Documentation Centre Dutch Political Parties. 12 December 1966. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
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Official
Political offices
Preceded by
Wilhelm Schönhard
Mayor of Leeuwarden
Ad interim

1945–1946
Succeeded by
Adriaan van der Meulen
Preceded by Minister of Transport and
Water Management

1952–1958
Succeeded by
Herman Witte
Ad interim
Academic offices
Preceded by
Unknown
President of the
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

1960–1965
Succeeded by
Unknown
Preceded by
Unknown
President of the
University of Groningen

1965–1966
Succeeded by
Unknown