Marinus van der Goes van Naters

Jonkheer Marinus van der Goes van Naters (21 December 1900 – 12 February 2005) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA) and lawyer.^[1]

Jonkheer Marinus van der Goes van Naters
Marinus van der Goes van Naters in 1946
Member of the European Parliament
In office 1 January 1958 – 7 May 1967
Parliamentary group	Socialist Group
Constituency	Netherlands
Member of the European Coal and Steel Community Parliament
In office 10 September 1952 – 1 January 1958
Parliamentary group	Socialist Group
Constituency	Netherlands
Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives
In office 4 June 1946 – 16 January 1951
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Jaap Burger
Parliamentary group	Labour Party
In office 25 September 1945 – 4 June 1946
Preceded by	Willem Drees
Succeeded by	Office discontinued
Parliamentary group	Social Democratic Workers' Party
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 4 June 1946 – 22 February 1967
In office 8 June 1937 – 4 June 1946
Personal details
Born	Marinus van der Goes van Naters (1900-12-21)21 December 1900 Nijmegen, Netherlands
Died	12 February 2005(2005-02-12) (aged 104) Wassenaar, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party (from 1946)
Other political affiliations	Social Democratic Workers' Party (until 1946)
Spouse	Anneke van der Plaats ​ ​ (m. 1924; died 1985)​
Children	5
Alma mater	Leiden University (LLB, LLM, PhD)
Occupation	Politician Jurist lawyer activist author

Background and early career

He was born in Nijmegen. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1967 and in-parliament chairman of the social democratic parties SDAP and its successor the Labour Party from 1945 to 1951.^{[citation needed]}

Imprisonment at Buchenwald and elsewhere

From 1940 to 1944 during World War II he was held hostage by the German occupiers in various camps, including Kamp Sint-Michielsgestel and Buchenwald concentration camp.^{[citation needed]}

German border issues after World War II

In the mid-1950s he was involved in the eponymous plan adopted by the Council of Europe for the settlement of the Saar question. In the post-war years he successfully argued that the Duivelsberg (German: Wylerberg or Teufelsberg), annexed from Germany after World War II, be retained permanently by the Netherlands.^{[citation needed]}

Death

He died in 2005 at the age of 104 in Wassenaar, Netherlands.^{[citation needed]}

Decorations

Honours

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	30 April 1951
	Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	22 February 1967

See also

• Wyler, North Rhine-Westphalia#Proximity of Wylerberg