Joan Röell: Difference between revisions

| honorific-prefix = [[Excellency|His Excellency]], {{lang|nl|[[Jonkheer]]}}

| name = Joan Röell

| image = JoanRoellJoan Röell.jpg

| order = 22nd = [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Chairman of the Council of Ministers]]

| term_start = 9 May 1894

| term_end = 27 July 1897

| monarch = [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands|Wilhelmina]], [[Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Emma]] <small>(Regent)</small>

| successor1namedata = [[NicolaasEmma of Waldeck and PiersonPyrmont|Emma]]

| death_datebirth_date = {{deathBirth date and age|df=yes|1914|7|13|1844|7|21|df=y}}

| death_placebirth_place = [[The HagueHaarlem]], [[Netherlands]]

| spousedeath_place = Eritia[[The ErnaHague]], Romelia de BeaufortNetherlands

| religionalma_mater = [[Dutch Reformed Church]]=

{{lang|nl|[[Jonkheer]]}} '''Joan Röell''' (21 July 1844 – 13 July 1914) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[nobleman]], lawyer and statesman.<ref name="NA413-415">{{Cite journal |title=Röell |pages=413–415}}</ref> He was a member of a prominent Dutch noble family which produced many public administrators, and politicians.

From 1894 to 1897 Röell headed the Dutch government as Prime Minister (formally: ''chairmanChairman of the Council of Ministers'') and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Röell was born in [[Haarlem]], to [[Herman Hendrik Röell{{ill|Herman Hendrik, Baron Röell]], [[Order of the Netherlands Lion|C.N.L.]],nl|Herman [[OrderHendrik ofRöell the Oak Crown|G.E.K.]](1806-1883)}} (1806–1883), member (1842) and registrar (1843–1858) of the [[StatesProvincial Council of North Holland]], King's Commissioner of [[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]] (1858–1860) and of [[North Holland]] (1860–1879), curator of the [[University of Utrecht]] (1859–1883), and his wife Elisabeth van de Poll (1808–1862).<ref name="NA412-413">{{cite journal | title = Röell | pages = 412–413}}</ref>

He attended a boarding school in [[Sassenheim]], and later a gymnasium in Utrecht. From 1861 to 23 November 1866, he studied Roman and Contemporary Law at the [[HUUtrecht University of Applied Sciences Utrecht|University of Applied Sciences of Utrecht]], after which he briefly worked as a lawyer.

As a former registrar of the [[StatesProvincial Council of South Holland]], Röell was familiar with the intricacies of local and regional government and water management. In 1877, he was elected into the [[House of Representatives of the Netherlands|House of Representatives]] for the district of [[Utrecht]]. He was re-elected in 1881 and 1884, but lost his seat to [[Aeneas Mackay (1839-1909)|Æneas, Baron Mackay]] in 1886. He became a member of the [[Senate of the Netherlands|Senate]] for [[Zeeland]] until he won back his seat in the House from Mackay in 1888. He was re-elected again in 1891. In the House, he was concerned with various policy areas, including education, water management, health, constitutional amendment, suffrage, home affairs, [[Dutch East Indies|Indian]] affairs and taxes.

After the [[1894 Dutch general election, 1894|1894 general election]], Röell became [[formateur]], and formed a liberal cabinet in which he served as [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]. He also became the chairman of the Council of Ministers, a position that would later be dubbed [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Prime Minister]]. In 1886, his cabinet greatly expanded suffrage, doubling the electorate.

In 1897, after finishing his term, he stood for election to the House of Representatives again, but was not elected, and returned to the Senate one year later. In 1901, Röell returned to House of Representatives for the district of Utrecht II. After his re-election in 1905, he served as [[PresidentSpeaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)|PresidentSpeaker of the House of Representatives]], until he lost his seat in 1909. After another stint in the Senate for North Holland, from 1910 to 1912, Röell was appointed [[Vice -President of the [[Council of State (Netherlands)|Council of State]]. Röell died on 13 July 1914 in [[The Hague]], eight days before his 70th birthday, and was buried in the family vault in [[Leusden]] three days later.

Röell married [[Jonkheer|Jonkvrouw]] Eritia Ena Romelia de Beaufort (1843 – 19101843–1910) in Utrecht on 10 September 1868. The couple remained childless.<ref name="NA415">{{cite journal | title = Röell | pages = 415}}</ref>

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* {{Cite web |url=http://www.parlement.com/id/vg09ll5vw9z2/j_roell |title=Jhr.Mr. J. Röell |website=Parlement & Politiek |language=Dutchnl |accessdateaccess-date=25 April 2008}}

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{{s-bef|before=[[Aeneas Mackay (1839-1909)|BaronÆneas Mackay]]}}

{{s-ttl|title=[[PresidentSpeaker of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)|PresidentSpeaker of the House of Representatives]]|years=1905–1909}}

{{s-aft|after=[[Frederik van Bylandt|Count van Bylandt]]}}

{{s-ttl|title=[[Vice -President of the [[Council of State (Netherlands)|Council of State]]|years=1912–1914}}

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[[Category:Ministers of Foreignforeign Affairsaffairs of the Netherlands]]

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