Jacques Drielsma
{{Short description|Surinamese politician}}
{{Infobox politician
| name = Jacques Drielsma
| image =
| office1 = Prime Minister of Suriname (acting)
| term_start1 = 5 April 1951
| term_end1 = 4 June 1951
| predecessor1 = Julius Caesar de Miranda
| successor1 = Jan Buiskool
| monarch1 = Queen Juliana
| office2 = Minister of Finance
| term_start2 = 3 June 1949
| term_end2 = Jan 1952
| birth_name = Jacques Adam Drielsma
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1886|10|14}}
| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1974|7|31|1886|10|14}}
| death_place = Paramaribo, Suriname
| party = Independent politician
| spouse = Georgine Wildeboer (1919–his death){{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Drielsma+wildeboer+huwelijk&coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:110636029:mpeg21:a0026&resultsidentifier=ddd:110636029:mpeg21:a0026&rowid=1 |title=Advertentie|website=De West via Delpher.nl|access-date=22 December 2021|date=23 November 1919|language=nl|quote=Mentioned, because his obituary is difficult to find.}}
}}
Jacques Adam Drielsma{{efn|Also written as Jaques.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=jaques+drielsma&coll=ddd&page=1&identifier=ddd:010665772:mpeg21:a0035&resultsidentifier=ddd:010665772:mpeg21:a0035&rowid=10 |title=Korte levensschets van de nieuwe landsministers|website=Het nieuws Algemeen Dagblad via Delpher.nl|access-date=22 December 2021|language=nl|date=7 April 1951}}}}
(14 October 1886 – 31 July 1974) was a Surinamese lawyer and notary who served as acting Prime Minister of Suriname in 1951, and Finance minister between 1949 and 1952. In 1957, he was sentenced to two years in prison for embezzlement.
Biography
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Drielsma was born on 14 October 1886 in Amsterdam from a Surinamese mother and a Frisian father.{{cite web|url=https://www.openarch.nl/saa:9dd8b569-08d2-4a46-b566-1e55b7f28939 |title=Amsterdam City Archives 1921-1925 part 73|website=OpenArch.nl|access-date=23 December 2021|language=nl}} After receiving his {{ill|praktizijn|nl}} (non-academic law degree) in Suriname in 1916, he started to work as a lawyer.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=praktizijn+drielsma&coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:011215446:mpeg21:a0034&resultsidentifier=ddd:011215446:mpeg21:a0034&rowid=1 |title=Installatie|website=De Suriname : koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad |date=14 December 1923|access-date=22 December 2021|language=nl}} On 1 June 1926, he became a notary and successor to Da Costa who had retired.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=drielsma+notaris&coll=ddd&sortfield=date&page=1&facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=2%7C20e_eeuw%7C1920-1929%7C1926%7C&identifier=ddd:011222300:mpeg21:a0084&resultsidentifier=ddd:011222300:mpeg21:a0084&rowid=8 |title=Notaris met verlof|website=De Surinamer : nieuws- en advertentieblad |date=16 May 1926|access-date=22 December 2021|language=nl}}
Drielsma was first elected to the Colonial States in 1923.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=drielsma+koloniale+staten&coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010414330:mpeg21:a0037&resultsidentifier=ddd:010414330:mpeg21:a0037&rowid=1 |title=Lid Koloniale Staten|website=Suriname : koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad|date=14 December 1923|access-date=22 December 2021|language=nl}} and served until 1930.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=drielsma+koloniale+staten&coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010012742:mpeg21:a0227&resultsidentifier=ddd:010012742:mpeg21:a0227&rowid=7 |title=Verkiezingen van Kol.Staten|website=Het Vaderland|date=14 February 1930|access-date=22 December 2021|language=nl}} On 27 June 1949, he became Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Julius Caesar de Miranda.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=drielsma+financien&coll=ddd&page=1&facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=2%7C20e_eeuw%7C1940-1949%7C1949%7C&identifier=ddd:010679823:mpeg21:a0033&resultsidentifier=ddd:010679823:mpeg21:a0033&rowid=3 |title=Drielsma CAB-lid|website=Het nieuws Algemeen Dagblad |date=29 June 1949|access-date=22 December 2021|language=nl}} In January 1952, he resigned due to a conflict of interest, because the Vervuurts Bank of which he was a commissioner was in bankruptcy court.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=minister+drielsma&coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010558020:mpeg21:a0029&resultsidentifier=ddd:010558020:mpeg21:a0029&rowid=3 |title=Surinaamse minister neemt zijn ontslag|date=31 January 1952|access-date=22 December 2021|language=nl}}
On 5 April 1951, he was appointed acting Prime Minister of Suriname,{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=premier+drielsma&coll=ddd&identifier=MMKB23:001266005:mpeg21:a00095&resultsidentifier=MMKB23:001266005:mpeg21:a00095&rowid=1 |title=Een regeringsraad in Suriname|date=6 April 1951|access-date=22 December 2021|language=nl}} and served until 4 June 1951, when he was succeeded by Jan Buiskool.{{cite book|url=http://www.sraga.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=52 |author=Lila Gobardhan-Rambocus |title=Johan Adolf Pengel en de geest van zijn tijd|location=Paramaribo|publisher=Firgos Suriname|isbn=99914-935-2-2|year=1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310231243/http://www.sraga.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=52 |archive-date=2007-03-10 }}
Drielsma's notary office went bankrupt in 1956{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=2%7C20e_eeuw%7C1950-1959%7C1956%7C&query=drielsma+suriname&coll=ddd&page=1&identifier=ddd:010404813:mpeg21:a0076&resultsidentifier=ddd:010404813:mpeg21:a0076&rowid=2 |title=Het ontslag van notaris DRIELSMA houdt in Suriname de gemoederen bezig|website=Amigoe di Curacao|date=14 December 1956|access-date=22 December 2021|language=nl}} with a debt of ƒ 1.15 million (about US$6.2 million in 2021{{cite web|url=https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ |title=US Inflation correction|website=Coin News Media Group|access-date=22 December 2021}}). His notary office also acted as a mortgage bank where people could deposit their money at interest. About 400 people had an account at his office. On 27 July 1957, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment for embezzlement.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=2%7C20e_eeuw%7C1950-1959%7C1957%7C&query=drielsma+suriname&coll=ddd&page=1&identifier=MMKB23:003555025:mpeg21:a00020&resultsidentifier=MMKB23:003555025:mpeg21:a00020&rowid=2 |title=Oud-notaris krijgt 2 jaar gevangenisstraf wegens verduistering|website=Overijsselsch dagblad |date=30 July 1957|access-date=22 December 2021|language=nl}}{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=notaris+drielsma&facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=2%7C20e_eeuw%7C1950-1959%7C1957%7C&coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010988544:mpeg21:a0088&resultsidentifier=ddd:010988544:mpeg21:a0088&rowid=4 |title=Verduistering|website=Amigoe di Curacao|date=29 July 1957|access-date=22 December 2021|language=nl}}
Drielsma died on 31 July 1974 in Paramaribo, at the age of 87.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Drielsma+wildeboer&coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:011020846:mpeg21:a0011&resultsidentifier=ddd:011020846:mpeg21:a0011&rowid=4 |title=Jaques Adam Drielsma|website=Vrije Stem via Delpher.nl|access-date=22 December 2021|date=1 August 1974|language=nl}}
Honours
- Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (1930).{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=drielsma+Orde+van+Oranje-Nassau&coll=ddd&page=3&identifier=MMKB23:001873054:mpeg21:a00058&resultsidentifier=MMKB23:001873054:mpeg21:a00058&rowid=10 |title=Onderscheidingen| website=De standaard |date=30 August 1930|access-date=22 December 2021|language=nl}}
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