Gijsbert van Tienhoven

Gijsbert van Tienhoven was a liberal Dutch politician. He started his political career in the municipal council and executive of Amsterdam, and served as mayor of Amsterdam from 1880 to 1891. He spent one year in the House of Representatives and eleven years in the Senate before being appointed formateur after the 1891 general election. For three years, he served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Foreign Affairs before his cabinet fell in 1894. He also served as Queens Commissioner of North Holland for fourteen years, between 1897 and 1911.

Gijsbert van Tienhoven was born in De Werken in North Brabant, onFebruary 1841. He was the eighth child in a family of twelve. His father, Gijsbert van Tienhoven , was a contractor of public works and landowner in Werkendam. His mother was Klazina Christina van den Bogaard . He enjoyed private primary education, and attended a latin school in Gorinchem. In 1860, Van Tienhoven started studying theology at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, but never finished the programme. Instead, he studied Roman and contemporary law, graduating onJune 1866.

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