P. J. Kapteyn
 P. J. Kapteyn  (businessman, politician) | |
|---|---|
 Kapteyn Sr. | |
| Born | 26 September 1895 |
| Died | 27 September 1984 (Age 89) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Children | P. J. Kapteyn Jr |
Attended two Bilderbergs in the 1950s. | |
The identification of P. J. Kapteyn is not certain, as it could be either the father or son. One of the two (probably the father, judging by age and career) attended two Bilderbergs in the 1950s.
Father
Paulus Johannes (Paul) Kapteyn (also spelled Kapteijn) was a Dutch businessman (26 September 1895-27 September 1984).
He was a member of the Senate for the Dutch labour Party 1950-60, and was also active in the European Parliament.
He was director of the Union cocoa and chocolate factory in Haarlem. In addition, he was a Member of Parliament for North Holland. As a member of the Senate, apart from European cooperation, he had a special interest in economic affairs and agriculture. He was a man with great dedication, a sense of humor and a zest for life, and almost always spoke without paper.[1]
Son
Paul Joan George (Jos) Kapteyn (born 31 January 1928 in Laren) is a Dutch judge. He has been a member of the Council of State of the Netherlands and has been a judge at the European Court of Justice.
Kapteyn was born in Laren in 1928 as the son of M.J.P Schröder and Paul Kapteyn. His father would later become a Labour Party politician in the Dutch Senate and in the predecessors of the European Parliament.[2] In 1950 Kapteyn earned a Master of Laws and in 1960 a Doctor of Law degree at the Leiden University. His dissertation was about the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community between 1952 and 1958, his father served in that institution during that period.[2] He then pursued a career as an official in the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, serving between 1960 and 1963. He worked as a professor of Law of International Organisations at Utrecht University between 1963 and 1975, and then continued in the same position at Leiden University.[3][4] He only worked shortly at Leiden University as he was appointed member of the Council of State of the Netherlands in November 1976. In 1980 Kapteyn was made member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[5] In 1990 Kapteyn moved to European law and until 2000 he served as a judge in the European Court of Justice.[4] He succeeded Thijmen Koopmans as the Dutch judge, he himself was succeeded by Christiaan Timmermans. After his return to the Netherlands he served as professor of European Studies (Ynso Scholten professorship) at the University of Amsterdam between 2000 and 2005.[2]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilderberg/1955 September | 23 September 1955 | 25 September 1955 | Germany Bavaria Garmisch-Partenkirchen | The third Bilderberg, in West Germany. The subject of a report by Der Spiegel which inspired a heavy blackout of subsequent meetings. |
| Bilderberg/1956 | 11 May 1956 | 13 May 1956 | Denmark Fredensborg | The 4th Bilderberg meeting, with 147 guests, in contrast to the generally smaller meetings of the 1950s. Has two Bilderberg meetings in the years before and after |
