Jo van de Kieft

His Excellency
Jo van de Kieft
His Excellency Jo van de Kieft
	Jo van de Kieft in 1955
Minister of Finance
	In office; 2 September 1952 – 13 October 1956
Prime Minister	Willem Drees
Preceded by	Willem Drees (Ad interim)
Succeeded by	Henk Hofstra
Parliamentary leader in the Senate
	In office; 27 March 1947 – 15 July 1952
Preceded by	Marius Reinalda
Succeeded by	Kees Woudenberg
Parliamentary group	Labour Party
Member of the Senate
	In office; 18 October 1945 – 15 July 1952
Parliamentary group	Labour Party ; (1946–1952) ; Social Democratic ; Workers' Party ; (1945–1946)
Personal details
Born	Johan van de Kieft; 21 May 1884; Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	22 August 1970 (aged 86); Assen, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party (from 1946)
Other political; affiliations	Social Democratic ; Workers' Party (1908–1946)
Spouses	; Cornelia Bolderheij (m. 1908; died 1938) Friederika Simon (m. 1939; died 1965) Neeltje Faassen (m. 1968)
Children	5 daughters and 2 sons ; (first marriage)
Occupation	Politician · Businessman · Accountant · Salesman · Nonprofit director

Johan "Jo" van de Kieft (21 May 1884 – 22 August 1970) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and businessman.

Biography

He was a municipal councillor in Bussum.^[1]

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	15 July 1952
	Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour	France	1955
	Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	21 November 1956	Elevated from Knight (31 August 1946)

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Second Drees cabinet (1952–1956)
Preceded: First Drees cabinet Succeed: Third Drees cabinet
Prime Minister	Willem Drees (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Louis Beel (Interior) (1952–1956)
Ministers	Julius Christiaan van Oven (Interior) (Ad interim) Johan Beyen (Foreign Affairs) Jo van de Kieft (Finance) Leendert Antonie Donker (Justice) (1952–1956) (†) Louis Beel (Justice) (Ad interim) Julius Christiaan van Oven (Justice) (from 1956) Jelle Zijlstra (Economic Affairs) Kees Staf (War and the Navy) Ko Suurhoff (Social Affairs and Health) Jo Cals (Education, Arts and Sciences) Jacob Algera (Transport and Water Management) Sicco Mansholt (Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Supplies) Herman Witte (Reconstruction and Housing) Louis Beel (Social Work) (Ad interim) Frans-Jozef van Thiel (Social Work) Willem Kernkamp (Colonial Affairs) (1952–1956) (†) Kees Staf (Colonial Affairs) (1956–1957) (Ad interim)
Ministers without portfolio	A. C. de Bruijn (Economic Policy) Joseph Luns (United Nations Affairs and Colonial Policy)
State Secretaries	Willem Hendrik van den Berge (Finance) Gerard Veldkamp (Economic Affairs) Ferdinand Kranenburg (War) Harry Moorman (Navy) Aat van Rhijn (Social Affairs and Health) Piet Muntendam (Social Affairs and Health) (1952–1953) Anna de Waal (Education, Arts and Sciences)