Jan Donner

{{Short description|Dutch politician (1891–1981)}}

{{for|the Dutch chess player|Jan Hein Donner}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = His Excellency

| name = Jan Donner

| image = Jan Donner.jpg

| imagesize = 250px

| caption = Donner in 1926

| office = President of the Supreme Court

| term_start = 1 February 1947

| term_end = 1 March 1961

| predecessor = Johannes van Loon

| successor = Pieter Hendrik Smits

| office1 = Judge of the Supreme Court

| term_start1 = 5 May 1945

| term_end1 = 1 February 1947

| office2 = Minister of Justice

| term_start2 = 8 March 1926

| term_end2 = 26 May 1933

| primeminister2 = Dirk Jan de Geer
(1926–1929)
Charles Ruijs de
Beerenbrouck

(1929–1933)

| predecessor2 = Jan Schokking

| successor2 = Josef van Schaik

| birthname = Jan Donner

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1891|02|03}}

| birth_place = Assen, Netherlands

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1981|02|02|1891|02|03}}

| death_place = The Hague, Netherlands

| nationality = Dutch

| party = Anti-Revolutionary Party

| spouse = {{marriage|Golida van den Burg|16 June 1916|6 March 1965|reason=her death}}

| children = André Donner (1918–1992)
Jan Hein Donner (1927–1988)
1 other son and 3 daughters

| relatives = Piet Hein Donner (grandson)

| residence =

| alma_mater = Utrecht University
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, Doctor of Philosophy)

| occupation = Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Judge · Researcher · Author · Professor

| signature =

| website =

}}

Jan Donner (3 February 1891 – 2 February 1981) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and jurist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 16 December 1971.

Donner was Minister of Justice from 1926 to 1933, President of the Dutch Supreme Court from 1946 to 1961, and was named Minister of State in 1971 for his services to the State.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.parlement.com/id/vg09llj6bbt8/j_jan_donner |title=Mr.Dr. J. (Jan) Donner |language=Dutch |publisher=Parlement.com |date= |accessdate=19 June 2016}}

In 1941 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00004867 |title=J. Donner (1891 - 1981) |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |accessdate=27 July 2015}}

He was the father of the chess player Jan Hein Donner and the jurist André Donner, and the grandfather of the former minister Piet Hein Donner.

Decorations

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| Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion

| Netherlands

| 28 April 1951

| Elevated from Knight (31 August 1925)

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| Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau

| Netherlands

| 28 February 1961

| Elevated from Commander (17 September 1946)

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|+ Honorific Titles

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| Minister of State

| Netherlands

| 16 December 1971

| Style of Excellency

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