page_title: Roelof Kruisinga
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: Roelof Kruisinga / Biography / Politics
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Collectie / Archief&#160;: Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie&#160;: [ onbekend ] Beschrijving&#160;: Vergadering CDA-fractie over kabinetsformatie; nr. 8, 9 Kruisinga (l) met Van Agt , nr. 10, 11 Van Rooyen (l) Van Agt Datum&#160;: 7 oktober 1977 Trefwoorden&#160;: Vergaderingen, kabinetsformaties Persoonsnaam&#160;: Kruisinga, Roelof Fotograaf&#160;: Peters, Hans / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende&#160;: Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort&#160;: Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris&#160;: bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer&#160;: 929-3810
context_page_description: Roelof Johannes Hendrik Kruisinga was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal party and physician.
  Kruisinga attended a Gymnasium in Zutphen from June 1935 until June 1939 and applied at the University of Groningen in June 1941 majoring in Medicine. In May 1942 Kruisinga was arrested by the Sicherheitsdienst and detained in the ilag of Sint-Michielsgestel and was released in July 1944. Following the end of World War II Kruisinga returned to the University of Groningen and obtaining an Bachelor of Medical Sciences degree in June 1946 and worked as a student researcher before graduating with an Master of Medicine degree on 12 October 1950. Kruisinga worked as a medical researcher of otorhinolaryngology at the University Medical Center Groningen from January 1950 until November 1955. Kruisinga was conscripted in the Royal Netherlands Army serving as a Sergeant from November 1951 until November 1953.
context_section_description: He held different positions as a physician before he became State Secretary for Social Affairs and Health and subsequently State Secretary for the State Secretary for Transport and Water Management. From 1971 to 1977 he was leader of the Christian Historical Union.
  He was Minister of Defense under Prime Minister Dries van Agt from 1977 to 1978. In the early eighties he became vice-president of the World Health Organization. Afterwards he became a member of the Senate, serving from 1981 to 1991 and representing the Christian Democratic Appeal. He died, aged 90, in Wassenaar.
caption: Member of the House of Representatives Roelof Kruisinga and Parliamentary leader Dries van Agt during a meeting in The Hague on 7 October 1977.
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