Koos Verdam

Koos Verdam
His Excellency; Koos Verdam
	Kook Verdam in (1977)
Extraordinary Member ; of the Council of State
	In office; 1 March 1980 – 1 February 1985
Vice President	Marinus Ruppert (1980) ; Willem Scholten (1980–1985)
Queen's Commissioner of Utrecht
	In office; 16 March 1970 – 1 February 1980
Monarch	Juliana
Preceded by	Constant van Lynden ; van Sandenburg
Succeeded by	Pieter van Dijke
Member of the Senate
	In office; 23 May 1967 – 16 March 1970
Parliamentary group	Anti-Revolutionary Party
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 5 September 1966 – 5 April 1967
Prime Minister	Jo Cals (1966) ; Jelle Zijlstra (1966–1967)
Preceded by	Ivo Samkalden (Ad interim)
Succeeded by	Henk Beernink
Personal details
Born	Pieter Jacobus Verdam; 15 January 1915; Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	11 March 1998 (aged 83); Bilthoven, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal ; (from 1980)
Other political; affiliations	Anti-Revolutionary Party ; (until 1980)
Spouse(s)	Jantina Boomsma (m. 1943; his death 1998)
Children	Louwrens Verdam (1947–2006) ; Tjeerd Jan Verdam (1948–2013) ; 5 other children
Alma mater	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ; (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician · Jurist · Researcher · Academic administrator · Professor

Pieter Jacobus "Koos" Verdam (15 January 1915 – 11 March 1998) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

The reformed Verdam was a professor for Roman law and international civil law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and from 1959 to 1960 its Rector Magnificus. From 1966 to 1967 he was the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Cabinet Zijlstra. In 1970 he became the Queen's Commissioner in Utrecht.

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	3 June 1963
	Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	1 February 1980	Elevated from Commander (27 April 1967)

Political offices
Preceded by Ivo Samkalden Ad interim	Minister of the Interior 1966–1967	Succeeded by Henk Beernink
Preceded by Constant van Lynden van Sandenburg	Queen's Commissioner of Utrecht 1970–1980	Succeeded by Pieter van Dijke
Academic offices
Preceded by Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer	Rector Magnificus of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 1959–1960	Succeeded by Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst

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Zijlstra cabinet (1966–1967)
Preceded: Cals cabinet Succeed: De Jong cabinet
Prime Minister	Jelle Zijlstra (General Affairs and Finance)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Jan de Quay (Transport and Water Management) Barend Biesheuvel (Agriculture and Fisheries and Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs)
Ministers	Koos Verdam (Interior) Joseph Luns (Foreign Affairs) Teun Struycken (Justice) Joop Bakker (Economic Affairs) Piet de Jong (Defence) Gerard Veldkamp (Social Affairs and Health) Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst (Education and Sciences) Herman Witte (Housing and Spatial Planning) Marga Klompé (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Minister without portfolio	Theo Bot (Aid to Developing Countries)
State Secretaries	Leo de Block (Foreign Affairs and Transport and Water Management) Louis van Son (Economic Affairs) Gerard Peijnenburg (Defence) Adri van Es (Defence) Heije Schaper (Defence) José de Meijer (Social Affairs and Health) Louis Bartels (Social Affairs and Health) Hans Grosheide (Education and Sciences)

Cals cabinet (1965–1966)
Preceded: Marijnen cabinet Succeed: Zijlstra cabinet
Prime Minister	Jo Cals (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Anne Vondeling (Finance) Barend Biesheuvel (Agriculture and Fisheries and Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs)
Ministers	Jan Smallenbroek (Interior) (1965–1966) Ivo Samkalden (Interior) (Ad interim) Koos Verdam (Interior) (from 1966) Joseph Luns (Foreign Affairs) Ivo Samkalden (Justice) Joop den Uyl (Economic Affairs) Piet de Jong (Defence) Gerard Veldkamp (Social Affairs and Health) Isaäc Arend Diepenhorst (Education and Sciences) Ko Suurhoff (Transport and Water Management) (1965–1966) Pieter Bogaers (Transport and Water Management) (Ad interim) Ko Suurhoff (Transport and Water Management) (from 1966) Pieter Bogaers (Housing and Spatial Planning) Maarten Vrolijk (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Minister without portfolio	Theo Bot (Aid to Developing Countries)
State Secretaries	Theo Westerhout (Interior) Leo de Block (Foreign Affairs) Max van der Stoel (Foreign Affairs) Wiel Hoefnagels (Finance) Joop Bakker (Economic Affairs) Gerard Peijnenburg (Defence) Adri van Es (Defence) Jan Borghouts (Defence) (1965–1966) Heije Schaper (Defence) (from 1966) José de Meijer (Social Affairs and Health) Louis Bartels (Social Affairs and Health) Hans Grosheide (Education and Sciences) Siep Posthumus (Transport and Water Management) Cees Egas (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)