Johan Wilhelm van Hulst ( Dutch Johan van Hulst ; , - , ) - Dutch school principal, university professor , chess player ; as well as politicians in the Christian Historical Union ( CHU ), the now defunct political party that has now merged with the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ). In 1943 he participated in the rescue of more than 500 Jewish children from a kindergarten in Holandsch-Schauburg , which were intended for deportation to Nazi concentration camps . For his humanism, he received in 1972 through the Yad Vashem from the state of Israel the title of Righteous Among the Nations of the World .
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He served as a member of the Senate from July 1956 to June 1981, as the parliamentary leader of the CHU in the Senate ( General States ) from December 1968 to June 1977, and when the CHU joined the CDA, he became the first parliamentary leader of the CDA in the Senate. Van Halst was chairman of the CHU party from September 1969 to February 1972. Subsequently, he was a member of the European Parliament from the European People's Party .
He was an honorary professor of education at the Free University of Amsterdam and a prolific author of more than a hundred publications.
Chess
He was a keen chess player, at the age of 95 he won a chess tournament for former politicians, and repeated his success in 2010. [2] [3] [4]
Notes
- ↑ Parlement & Politiek
- ↑ (nid.) Schaaksite.nl Johan van Hulst (99 jaar) wint toernooi parlementariërs (Johan van Hulst (99 years old) wins tournament (among?) Members of parliament)
- ↑ Chess Vibes The endgame technique of a 99-year-old 3 March 2010
- ↑ Max Euwe werd 75 jaar geleden wereldkampioen schaken (Max Euwe was world champion chess 75 years ago) (nid.) . Man Bijt Hond (December 15, 2010).