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Jhr. Charles Joseph Maria Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (December 1, 1873 - April 17, 1936) was Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1918 to 1925 and again from 1929 to 1933. December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Prime Minister of the Netherlands or Minister President is in the Politics_of_the_Netherlands the head of government and active executive authority of the Dutch Government. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Early life

Charles Joseph Maria Ruijs de Beerenbrouck was born on December 1, 1873 in Roermond, a town with a Bishop's see in the province of Limburg, in the very south of The Netherlands. Born into an aristocratic family, he grew up in a predominantly Roman Catholic community and went to school in Maastricht and in The Hague. He attended the Utrecht University and in 1895 Ruijs de Beerenbrouck obtained his master's degree in law at the Leiden University. December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Roermond is a municipality and a city in the southeastern Netherlands. ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... See: Signing Exact English Visual perception Episcopal see Holy See This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Limburg is the southern-most of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands, located in the south-east of the country. ... The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Maastricht (Limburgish and city dialect: Mestreech; French: Maestricht) is a municipality, and capital of the province of Limburg. ... Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, or officially s-Gravenhage) is the administrative capital of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country, in the province South Holland of which it is also the capital. ... Utrecht University (Universiteit Utrecht in Dutch) is a university in Utrecht, The Netherlands. ... Leiden University in the city of Leiden, is the oldest still existing and most famous university in the Netherlands. ...

Career

He started his career in 1896 as a lawyer in Maastricht. In 1899 Ruijs de Beerenbrouck became a member of the Maastricht City council and in 1905 he was elected as a member of parliament (in Dutch called the Tweede Kamer). Ruijs de Beerenbrouck remained a city councillor and a member of parliament until May 16, 1918, when he became Queen's Commissioner of the provincie of Limburg. For information on the type of fish called Lawyer, see the article on Burbot. ... A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ... The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ... The Tweede Kamer is the second chamber or lower house of the Staten-Generaal, the parliament in the Netherlands. ... A councillor is a member of a council (such as a city council), particularly in the U.K., Canada, and its former colonies. ... There are two levels of local government in The Netherlands, the provinces and the municipalities. ...

Ruijs de Beerenbrouck did not stay in office as Queen's Commissioner for long, as on September 9, 1918 he was appointed as Prime Minister of the Netherlands. September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Prime Minister of the Netherlands or Minister President is in the Politics_of_the_Netherlands the head of government and active executive authority of the Dutch Government. ...

As Prime Minister he had to deal with the aftermath of World War I. Although The Netherlands remained neutral during the conflict, Ruijs de Beerenbrouck nevertheless was facing several problems, especially the return of German troops through the province of Limburg and the exile of the German emperor Wilhelm II. World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. ... Wilhelm II of Prussia and Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern (January 27, 1859 - June 4, 1941) was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and the last King (König) of Prussia from 1888 - 1918. ...

In November 1918 the leader of the Sociaal Democratische Arbeiders Partij (SDAP) (Social-Democratic Labour Party), Pieter Jelles Troelstra, inspired by the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the German Revolution of 1918 called for a socialist revolution among the working class. Fortunately for Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, the revolution attempt of Troelstra met with little enthusiasm. However, in order to satisfy the working class, he enacted several social reforms. The Sociaal Democratische Arbeiders Partij (SDAP) was a Dutch political party that existed from 1894 to 1946. ... Sociaal Democratische Arbeiders Partij, a Dutch political party that later merged into the Partij van de Arbeid Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei, a German political party that later merged into the Social Democratic Party of Germany Service Discovery Application Profile, a network protocol used in Bluetooth This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860-1930) was a Dutch politician active in the socialist workers movement. ... The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a political movement in Russia that climaxed in 1917 with the overthrow of the Provisional Government that had replaced the Russian Tsar system, and led to the establishment of the Soviet Union, which lasted until its collapse in 1991. ... Revolutionaries at machine gun posts, Berlin, November 1918 The German Revolution is a series of events that occurred in 1918-1919, culminating in the overthrow of the Kaiser and the establishment of a democratic republic. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ...

During his third cabinet Ruijs de Beerenbrouck had to deal with the worldwide Great Depression of 1929 and the early 1930s, which had crippling effects on the Dutch economy, effects which lasted longer than they did in most European countries. The depression lead to large unemployment and poverty, as well as increasing social unrest. Ruijs de Beerenbrouck was forced to cut down government expenses and to devaluate the national currency, the Guilder, but these measures only worsened the effects of the economic crisis. The Great Depression was a massive global economic recession (or depression) that ran from 1929 to 1939. ...

In February 1933 the third cabinet Ruijs de Beerenbrouck ordered the bombing of the navy cruiser "De Zeven Provinciën", when sailors aboard the cruiser mutinied because of the cutting of their wages.

In 1933 Ruijs de Beerenbrouck again became chairman of the Tweede Kamer. He remained chairman of the Tweede Kamer until his death.

Ruijs de Beerenbrouck died on April 17, 1936 in Utrecht. April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Utrecht is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. ...

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Early life