Andries Cornelies Dirk de Graeff
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Andries Cornelies Dirk de Graeff
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| In office 1927 – 1931 |
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| Preceded by | Dirck Fock |
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| Succeeded by | Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge |
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| In office 1933 – 1937 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck |
| Succeeded by | Hendrikus Colijn |
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| Born | August 7, 1872 Den Haag |
| Died | April 24, 1957 Den Haag |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Spouse | Caroline Angelique van der Wijk |
| Occupation | Statesman |
| Religion | Remonstrants |
Jonkheer Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff (Den Haag, August 7, 1872 – April 24, 1957) was a Governor General of Dutch East Indies and a Dutch minister for foreign affairs.
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[edit] Family
De Graeff was a descandent of the prominent De Graeff-Family from the Dutch Golden Age. He was a son of the Generalconsul and Dutch minister in Japan Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek, and Jkv. Caroline Angelique van der Wijk, daughter of jhr. Carel Herman Aart van der Wijk. They became one son and four daughters.
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From 1919-1922 De Graeff was a Dutch Ambassador in Tokio, and from 1922-1926 in Washington.
He served as Gouvernor General between March 26 [1], 1926 until September 11, 1931.
De Graeff was also the Dutch minister for foreign affairs for an unspecified period during 1936 and 1937 [2]. During 1936, de Graeff served as a "sort of stooge" [3] to British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden in relation to the question of weakening the League of Nations.
De Graeff wanted to "modify the League until it became "purely consultive", coax Germany back into it, and abolish forever all Sanctions "except the one Sanction that an aggressor would be automatically expelled from the League"" [4].
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- Voor u persoonlijk. Brieven van minister van Buitenlandse Zaken jhr. A.C.D. de Graeff aan gezant J.P. graaf van Limburg Stirum (1933-1937)", Ned. Hist. Genootschap (1986)
- C. Fasseur, Graeff, jhr. Andries Cornelis Dirk de (1872-1957), in: Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland, deel II, 190
- B. de Graaff, Een welwillend man met een vrij gering werkelijkheidsbegrip, in: "De Nederlandse ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken in de twintigste eeuw" (1999)
- H.T. Colenbrander, Bij het aftreden van gouverneur-generaal De Graeff, in De Gids 95 (1931) III, 373-404;
- J.E. Stokvis, Een landvoogdij, in De Socialistische Gids 16 (1931) 824-831;
- Rn. Ms. Noto Soeroto, Een groote Nederlander. Bij het afscheid van jhr.mr. A.C.D. de Graeff van Indonesië, in Oedaya 8 (1931) 124-125;
[edit] External links
Portraits of the Governor-Generals of the Dutch East Indies on KITLV

