Jan Buiskool
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jan Buiskool
| image = File:Jan Buiskool (1948).png
| caption = Jan Buiskool (1948)
| office1 = Prime Minister of Suriname
| term_start1 = 4 June 1951
| term_end1 = 6 September 1952
| predecessor1 = Jacques Drielsma
| successor1 = Adriaan Alberga
| monarch1 = Juliana
| birth_name = Johannes Ate Eildert Buiskool
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1899|09|15}}
| birth_place = Koedijk, Netherlands
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1960|10|30|1899|09|15}}
| death_place = Gorssel, Netherlands
| party = Independent
}}
Jan Buiskool (15 September 1899 – 30 October 1960) was Surinamese Prime Minister and judge in Suriname, the Netherlands and Tangier.{{cite web|url=https://www.suriname.nu/701vips/belangrijke37.html |title=Johannes Buiskool|website=Suriname.nu|access-date=10 April 2021|language=nl}}
Biography
Buiskool was born as Johannes Ate Eildert Buiskool on 15 September 1899 in Koedijk, Netherlands. His father was a Protestant minister.{{cite news|url=https://www.dbsuriname.com/2019/04/29/verloedering-deel-1/ |title=Verloedering (deel 1)|website=Dagblad Suriname|access-date=10 April 2021|language=nl}} On 6 September 1902, his father received an appointment in Suriname, and the family emigrated to Suriname{{cite news|url=https://www.openarch.nl/frl:18652775-4572-4045-81c6-8eca0383f760|title=Hendrik Buiskool|website=Open Archives|access-date=10 April 2021|language=nl}} where Buiskool spent his childhood. He returned to the Netherlands to study, and graduated in Dutch Law in June 1929 from the University of Amsterdam{{cite web|url=http://albumacademicum.uva.nl/id/id041616 |title=J.A.E. Buiskool, 1899 - 1960|website=Album Academicum University of Amsterdam|access-date=10 April 2021|language=nl}} and was appointed judge. In 1935, he received his doctorate on a thesis about the Independence of the Philippines.
In 1939, Buiskool wrote Surinaamsch Staatsrecht about the Constitutional Law in Suriname and the necessity for change.{{cite magazine|url=https://dbnl.nl/tekst/_gid001193701_01/_gid001193701_01_0088.php?q=Buiskool%20Suriname#hl1 |title=Surinaams Staatsrecht|author=J.J. Schrieke|magazine=De Gids|year=1937|page=221|language=nl}} In 1941, he was arrested by Nazi Germany for political activities, and sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He was released in 1942. On 8 May 1945, after the Liberation of the Netherlands, Buiskool was appointed acting mayor of Schagen.{{cite web|url=https://www.geheugenvanschagen.nl/inhoud/1900-2000/95-de-muziektuin.html |title=Muziektuin |website=Geheugen van Schagen|access-date=10 April 2021|language=nl}}
In December 1945, Buiskool was appointed to the High Court of Justice of Suriname.{{cite web|url=https://werkgroepcaraibischeletteren.nl/de-suriname-plannen/ |title=De Suriname Plannen|website=Werkgroep Caraibische Letteren|access-date=10 April 2021|language=nl}} In 1947,{{cite web|url=https://troon.org/suriname/governors.html |title=The Governors of Suriname|website=Troon|access-date=10 April 2021}} he was appointed acting Governor-General. In 1948, he became a member of the Round Table Conference about the future of the Dutch empire. Buiskool would become one of the main authors of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands in which Suriname became a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.nl/tekst/wall006oogb01_01/wall006oogb01_01_0014.php?q=Jan%20Buiskool#hl2 |title=Een oog boven Paramaribo|author=J. van de Walle| year=1975|language=nl|page=114| publisher=Querido|location=Amsterdam|isbn=9021414007}}
In 1951, Jopie Pengel of the National Party of Suriname recommended Buiskool as Prime Minister of Suriname which he accepted.{{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 }} On 21 July 1952, while Buiskool was in the Netherlands, complaints were raised about Buiskool in the Estates of Suriname. Not only were complaints raised about his frequent absences, Jopie Pengel (NPS) and {{ill|Soekdew Mungra|nl}} (VHP) questioned the validity a SRG 6,000.- declaration for expenses.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=buiskool&coll=ddd&page=1&facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=1%7C20e_eeuw%7C1950-1959%7C&identifier=ddd:010403910:mpeg21:a0059&resultsidentifier=ddd:010403910:mpeg21:a0059&rowid=2 |title=Scherpe Critiek op Buiskool|website=Amigoe di Curacao via Delpher.nl|date=21 July 1952|language=nl}} Buiskool returned to Suriname, and defended himself against the accusations on 25 August 1952. After his defence, Johan Kraag, the Chairman of the Estates, considered the matter closed, however Buiskool asked to be dismissed as Prime Minister.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=buiskool&coll=ddd&page=1&facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=1%7C20e_eeuw%7C1950-1959%7C&identifier=ddd:010481228:mpeg21:a0001&resultsidentifier=ddd:010481228:mpeg21:a0001&rowid=6 |title=Buiskool vraagt inwillig ontslag| website=Algemeen Dagblad via Delpher.nl|date=26 August 1952|language=nl|access-date=10 April 2021}}
In August 1953, Buiskool was appointed one of the three judges for the Tangier International Zone.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=buiskool+tanger&coll=ddd&identifier=MMKB23:001270049:mpeg21:a00135&resultsidentifier=MMKB23:001270049:mpeg21:a00135&rowid=1 |title=Mr Buiskool rechter in tribunaal van Tanger|date=29 August 1953|website=Overijsselsch dagblad via Delpher|access-date=10 April 2021|language=nl}} In 1958, he returned to the Netherlands and was appointed judge in Deventer.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=1%7C20e_eeuw%7C1950-1959%7C&query=buiskool+deventer&coll=ddd&identifier=ABCDDD:010816344:mpeg21:a0186&resultsidentifier=ABCDDD:010816344:mpeg21:a0186&rowid=1 |title=Kantonrechter te Deventer|website=Trouw via Delpher|access-date=10 April 2021|language=nl|date=29 May 1958}}
Buiskool died on 30 October 1960 in Gorssel at the age of 61.
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