Julius Christiaan van Oven

Julius Christiaan van Oven (17 November 1881 – 16 March 1963) was a Dutch jurist and politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).[1]

Julius Christiaan van Oven
Julius Christiaan van Oven in 1956
Minister of the Interior
In office
7 July 1956 – 13 October 1956
Ad interim
Prime MinisterWillem Drees
Preceded byLouis Beel
Succeeded byKo Suurhoff (Ad interim)
Minister of Justice
In office
15 February 1956 – 13 October 1956
Prime MinisterWillem Drees
Preceded byLouis Beel (Ad interim)
Succeeded byIvo Samkalden
Personal details
Born
Julius Christiaan van Oven

(1881-11-17)17 November 1881
Dordrecht, Netherlands
Died16 March 1963(1963-03-16) (aged 81)
Leiden, Netherlands
Political partyLabour Party (from 1946)
Other political
affiliations
Free-thinking
Democratic League

(until 1946)
Spouse
Maria van Doorn
(m. 1909; died 1957)
Children3 sons and 2 daughters
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, Doctor of Philosophy)
OccupationPolitician · Jurist · Lawyer · Researcher · Historian · Author · Editor · Academic administrator · Professor

For 34 years, Van Oven was professor of Roman law, from 1917 to 1925 at the University of Groningen and from 1925 to 1951 at Leiden University. In 1948 he was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2] At the age of 74, he was asked to succeed Leendert Antonie Donker, who died in office in February 1956, as Minister of Justice in the Third Drees cabinet. During the 8 months he was in office, he managed to establish a law he had been advocating for since 1927: this Lex-Van Oven law finally annulled the legal incapacity of married women, including the prohibition for them to hold office.[3]

Decorations

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Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
  Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Netherlands 15 May 1952
  Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands 3 November 1956

References

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  1. ^ "Oven, Julius Christiaan van (1881-1963)" (in Dutch). Huygens ING. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Julius Christiaan van Oven (1881 - 1963)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016.
  3. ^ G.E. Langemeijer, Levensbericht J.C. van Oven, in: Huygens Institute Jaarboek 1963-64, Amsterdam, pp. 476-489. (in Dutch)
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Official
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Justice
1956
Succeeded by
Minister of the Interior
Ad interim

1956
Succeeded by
Ko Suurhoff
Ad interim
Academic offices
Preceded by Rector Magnificus of the
Leiden University

1947–1948
Succeeded by
Cornelis Berg