Joop Haex

{{Short description|Dutch politician (1911–2002)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix = His Excellency

|name = Joop Haex

|image = Joop Haex 1963 (1).jpg

|imagesize = 250px

|caption = Joop Haex in 1963

|office = State Secretary for Defence

|term_start = 18 April 1967

|term_end = 6 July 1971

|alongside = Adri van Es
Bob Duynstee

|primeminister = Piet de Jong

|predecessor = Gerard Peijnenburg

|successor = Adri van Es

|term_start1 = 14 August 1963

|term_end1 = 14 April 1965

|alongside1 = Adri van Es
Willem den Toom

|primeminister1 = Victor Marijnen

|predecessor1 = Michael Calmeyer

|successor1 = Gerard Peijnenburg

|birthname = Joseph Constant Eugène Haex

|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1911|11|24}}

|birth_place = Maastricht, Netherlands

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2002|04|14|1911|11|24}}

|death_place = Wassenaar, Netherlands

|nationality = Dutch

|party = Christian Democratic Appeal
(from 1980)

|otherparty = Democratic Socialists '70
(1971–1975)
Christian Historical Union
(1963–1971, 1975–1980)

|spouse = {{marriage|Françoise Molière|12 September 1939|2 August 1989|reason=her death}}

|residence =

|alma_mater = Royal Military Academy

|occupation = Politician · Army Officer · Corporate director · Nonprofit director

|signature =

|allegiance = {{flag|Netherlands}}

|branch = Royal Netherlands Army

|serviceyears = 1935–1963 (Active duty)
1963–1971 (Reserve)

|rank = 15px Lieutenant general

|commands =

|battles =

{{tree list}}

• World War II
• Battle of the Netherlands
• Battle of France

{{tree list/end}}

|awards =

}}

Joseph Constant Eugène "Joop" Haex (24 November 1911 – 14 April 2002) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), an army officer and lieutenant general of the Royal Netherlands Army he served during World War II and the post-war years.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.denederlandsegrondwet.nl/9353000/1/j9vvihlf299q0sr/vg5ak0xi5mzn?ctx=vg09llh5lxwx Oud-staatssecretaris Joop Haex overleden] De Nederlandse Grondwet