page_title: Victor Marijnen
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Victor Marijnen / Biography / Early life
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Collectie / Archief&#160;: Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie&#160;: [ onbekend ] Beschrijving&#160;: Bondskanselier Ludwig Erhard in Holland, bondskanselier Erhard bracht bezoek aan Catshuis, Erhard, Marijnen, Schroder, Luns Datum&#160;: 2 maart 1964 Trefwoorden&#160;: bondskanseliers Persoonsnaam&#160;: Erhard Ludwig, Luns, J.A.M.H., Luns, Joseph, Schroder Fotograaf&#160;: Pot, Harry / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende&#160;: Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort&#160;: Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris&#160;: bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer&#160;: 916-1277
context_page_description: Victor Gerard Marie "Vic" Marijnen was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party now the Christian Democratic Appeal party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 24 July 1963 until 14 April 1965.
  Marijnen studied Law at the Radboud University Nijmegen obtaining a Master of Laws degree followed by a postgraduate education in Agricultural economics at the Rotterdam School of Economics where he obtained a Bachelor of Economics degree. Marijnen worked as a civil servant for the Ministries of Economic Affairs and Agriculture and Fisheries from August 1941 until November 1957 and as a trade association executive for the Christian Farmers and Gardeners association February 1949 until April 1951 and for the Catholic Employers association from November 1957 until May 1959. After the election of 1959 Marijnen was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Cabinet De Quay taking office on 19 May 1959. After the election of 1963 Marijnen was asked to lead a new cabinet and following a successful cabinet formation formed the Cabinet Marijnen and became Prime Minister of the Netherlands taking office on 24 July 1963.
context_section_description: Victor Gerard Marie Marijnen was born in Arnhem on 21 February 1917. In 1941 he graduated in law from the Radboud University Nijmegen and went on to work in the accountancy divisions of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. In 1945 he was seconded to the Council for the Restitution of Legal Rights.
  In 1949 Marijnen became secretary of the Agricultural Society and in 1951 Secretary-General of the Foreign Agricultural Trade Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. From 1957 he was secretary of the General Catholic Employers Association and the Catholic Federation of Employers Associations.
caption: Chancellor of West-Germany Ludwig Erhard and Prime Minister Victor Marijnen at the Catshuis on 2 March 1964.
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