Antonius Hermanus Johannes Lovink (12 July 1902 – 27 March 1995) was a Dutch diplomat who served as the last High Commissioner of the Crown in the Dutch East Indies from May 1949 until 27 December 1949 , the year the Dutch East Indies declared independence from the Netherlands, and renamed itself Indonesia.[1] He was the son of former Member of Parliament Hermanus Johannes Lovink, who was also mayor of Alphen.
Tony Lovink | |
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| High Commissioner of the Dutch East Indies | |
| In office 2 June 1949 – 27 December 1949 | |
| Monarch | Juliana |
| Prime Minister | Willem Drees |
| Preceded by | Louis Beel |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 July 1902 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 27 March 1995 (aged 92) Ottawa, Canada |
| Spouse | Clara Roeline Nagel |
| Alma mater | Heidelberg University |
| Profession | Diplomat, aeronautic |
In May 1942, he arrived in London from the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies. Lovink became secretary-general of the Department of General Warfare of the Dutch government in exile. Lovink, after a diplomatic and civil service career, succeeded Beel as High Representative of the Crown in the Dutch East Indies in May 1949. He did not always act happily in that position and did not stay in Indonesia after the transfer of sovereignty in December 1949, as initially intended. He later served as Dutch Ambassador to Canada, where he was also dean of the Corps Diplomatique, and Australia, and then again to Canada in 1960. There he also continued to live in after he resigned in 1967.[2]
References
edit- ^ (in Dutch) A.H.J. (Tony) Lovink, Parlemenet & Politiek. Retrieved on 20 January 2015.
- ^ "2.21.281.02 Inventaris van het archief van dr. A.H.J. Lovink [geboren 1902], 1942-1987 | Nationaal Archief". www.nationaalarchief.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-06-23.
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