Charles Welter

Charles Welter
Member of the House of Representatives
In office July 27, 1948 – June 5, 1963
Parliamentary leader – Catholic National Party House of Representatives
In office July 27, 1948 – May 28, 1956
Preceded by	First
Succeeded by	None
Member of the Senate
In office November 20, 1945 – July 24, 1946
Minister of Colonial Affairs
In office August 10, 1939 – November 11, 1941
Prime Minister	Dirk Jan de Geer (1939-1940) Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1940-1941)
Preceded by	Cornelis van den Bussche
Succeeded by	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Minister of Finance
In office September 3, 1940 – July 27, 1941
Prime Minister	Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Preceded by	Dirk Jan de Geer
Succeeded by	Max Steenberghe
Minister of Colonial Affairs
In office June 24, 1937 – July 25, 1939
Prime Minister	Hendrikus Colijn
Preceded by	Hendrikus Colijn
Succeeded by	Cornelis van den Bussche
Member of the House of Representatives
In office June 8, 1937 – June 27, 1937
Minister of Colonial Affairs
In office September 26, 1925 – March 7, 1926
Prime Minister	Hendrikus Colijn
Preceded by	Hendrikus Colijn
Succeeded by	Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger
Personal details
Born	Charles Joseph Ignace Marie Welter (1880-04-06)April 6, 1880 The Hague, Netherlands
Died	March 28, 1972(1972-03-28) (aged 91) The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Roman-Catholic State Party (1900-1945) Catholic People's Party (1945-1947) Catholic National Party (1948-1955) Catholic People's Party (from 1956)
Spouse(s)	Geertruida Burger
Occupation	Politician Civil servant Corporate director
Religion	Roman Catholic

Charles Joseph Ignace Marie Welter (April 6, 1880 – March 28, 1972) was a Dutch politician of the Roman-Catholic State Party (RKSP) until the party became the Catholic People's Party (KVP) later his own formed Catholic National Party (KNP) and again the Catholic People's Party (KVP).^[1]

Decorations

• Order of the Netherlands Lion
  • Knight (August 13, 1923)
• Order of Orange-Nassau
  • Grand Officer (May 16, 1933)

References

External links

Media related to Charles Welter at Wikimedia Commons

• (Dutch) Ch.J.I.M. (Charles) Welter (Parlement & Politiek)
• (Dutch) Ch.J.I.M. Welter (KVP) (Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal)

Ministers of Colonial Affairs of the Netherlands (1848–1945)
Rijk  Baud  Van den Bosch  Pahud  Mijer  Rochussen  Lotsy*  Van Kraaijenburg  Loudon  Uhlenbeck  Betz*  Van de Putte  Mijer  Trakranen  Hasselman  De Waal  Brocx  Van Bosse  Van de Putte  Van Oldenaller  Mees  Van Bosse  Wichers*  Van Rees  Van Oldenaller  De Brauw  Willem Frederik van Erp Taalman Kip*  Franciscus Gerard van Bloemen Waanders  August Willem Philip Weitzel*  Jacobus Petrus Sprenger van Eyk  Levinus Wilhelmus Christiaan Keuchenius  Æneas Mackay  Willem Karel van Dedem  Jacob Hendrik Bergsma  Jacob Theodoor Cremer  Titus van Asch van Wijck  Johannes Willem Bergansius*  Idenburg  Fock  Heemskerk*  Idenburg  De Waal Malefijt  Pleyte  Rambonnet*  Pleyte  Idenburg  De Beerenbrouck*  De Graaff  Colijn*  Welter  Koningsberger  De Graaff  Colijn  Welter  Cornelis van den Bussche  Welter  Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy  Van Mook *denotes interim

Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands
Ministry of Finance
Schimmelpenninck Van Bosse Ossewaarde Van Bosse Van Doorn Van Hall Agnites Vrolik Van Bosse Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis Van Bosse Blussé van Oud-Alblas Van Delden Van der Heim Gleichman Vissering Van Lynden van Sandenburg Grobbée Bloem Godin de Beaufort Pierson Sprenger van Eyk Pierson Van Tecklenburg De Meester Kolkman Bertling Treub Van Gijn De Vries Corneliszoon De Geer Colijn De Geer Oud De Wilde Colijn Bodenhausen De Geer Welter Steenberghe Albarda Van den Broek Huysmans Lieftinck Drees Van de Kieft Hofstra Zijlstra Witteveen Vondeling Zijlstra Witteveen Nelissen Duisenberg Andriessen Van Aardenne Van der Stee Ruding Kok Zalm Hoogervorst Zalm Bos De Jager Dijsselbloem