Dionysius Koolen


Dionysius Adrianus Petrus Norbertus Koolen was a Dutch politician of the defunct Roman Catholic State Party, later formed to the Catholic People's Party now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal.
He was a member of the General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses and its continuation, the Roman Catholic State Party. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands from 1905 until 1925, when he became minister of Labour, Trade and Industry, which was a single ministry at the time. He was speaker of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands in the period from 14 October 1920 to 5 August 1925. After being a minister he became a member of the Council of State.

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