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'''Ivo Samkalden''' was a professor and former [[Dutch]] minister. His tenures as Minister of Justice and [[Dutch Interior Minister]] were short. | '''Ivo Samkalden''' was a professor and former [[Dutch]] minister. His tenures as Minister of Justice and [[Dutch Interior Minister]] were short. | ||
At the end of his employment working for the Ministry of Colonial Affairs in [[Indonesia]] he was arrested and placed in internment camps by the [[Japanese]] and Indonesians for almost 4 years during and after [[World War 2]]. | At the end of his employment working for the Ministry of Colonial Affairs in [[Indonesia]] he was arrested and placed in internment camps by the [[Japanese]] and Indonesians for almost 4 years during and after [[World War 2]]. | ||
− | + | Samkalden endured much more struggles as first [[Jewish]] mayor of [[Amsterdam]] from [[1967]] to [[1977]], suppressing the [[peace]]-protests in the Dutch capital promoting [[nonviolence]], an end to the [[cold war]], and expanded the capital with many new districts and projects aimed to change the capital's economy from mainly industrial to [[corporate]]. During his tenure, the first coffee-shops were opened and multiple [[drug]]-networks were set-up. [[Klaas Bruinsma]] escaped this "law and order mayor".<ref>https://biografieportaal.nl/recensie/ivo-samkalden-rechtlijning-democraat/</ref> | |
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Ivo Samkalden (politician) | ||||||||||||
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Born | 10 August 1912 Rotterdam, Netherlands | |||||||||||
Died | 11 May 1995 (Age 82) Amsterdam, Netherlands | |||||||||||
Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||
Religion | Judaism | |||||||||||
Member of | Dutch Round Table, Trilateral Commission | |||||||||||
Dutch politician who attended 4 Bilderbergs in the early 1960s. Law and order mayor of Amsterdam from 1967 to 1977. Opposed many peace-projects.
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Ivo Samkalden was a professor and former Dutch minister. His tenures as Minister of Justice and Dutch Interior Minister were short. At the end of his employment working for the Ministry of Colonial Affairs in Indonesia he was arrested and placed in internment camps by the Japanese and Indonesians for almost 4 years during and after World War 2. Samkalden endured much more struggles as first Jewish mayor of Amsterdam from 1967 to 1977, suppressing the peace-protests in the Dutch capital promoting nonviolence, an end to the cold war, and expanded the capital with many new districts and projects aimed to change the capital's economy from mainly industrial to corporate. During his tenure, the first coffee-shops were opened and multiple drug-networks were set-up. Klaas Bruinsma escaped this "law and order mayor".[1]
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/1961 | 21 April 1961 | 23 April 1961 | Canada Quebec St-Castin | The 10th Bilderberg, the first in Canada and the 2nd outside Europe. |
Bilderberg/1962 | 18 May 1962 | 20 May 1962 | Sweden Saltsjöbaden | The 11th Bilderberg meeting and the first one in Sweden. |
Bilderberg/1963 | 29 March 1963 | 31 March 1963 | France Cannes Hotel Martinez | The 12th Bilderberg meeting and the second one in France. |
Bilderberg/1965 | 2 April 1965 | 4 April 1965 | Italy Villa d'Este | The 14th Bilderberg meeting, held in Italy |