page_title: Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum / Biography
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Portret van Johan Paul Graaf van Limburg Stirum (1873-1948). Gouverneur-generaal (1916-21). Kniestuk, staande naast een stoel, iets naar links met het gelaat naar de beschouwer gekeerd. De linkerhand rustend op een tafel waarop enkele boeken liggen, in de rechterhand houdt hij een document. Op de achtergrond een landschap, rechtsboven het familiewapen. Collection: schilderijen; Gouverneurs-generaal serie
context_page_description: Johan Paul, Count of Limburg-Stirum was a Dutch diplomat, member of the House of Limburg-Stirum, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Dutch emissary in Berlin and London.
context_section_description: Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum was born on 2 February 1873 in Zwolle in the Netherlands.
  He made a rapid career as a diplomat of the Netherlands and was, among others, envoy in China and Sweden.
  Due to his knowledge of Asia, the government Cort van der Linden named him in 1916 Gouverneur General of the Dutch East Indies. He worked for a greater autonomy of the Dutch East Indies and for the economic development of the colony. As Governor General he adhered to the Dutch Ethical Policy and conducted administrative reforms, such as the extension of the powers of the parliament (Volksraad) of the Dutch East Indies and decentralisation of the colonial administration.
  He worked in good terms with minister Idenburg, but had a difficult relationship with minister Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff, who was an old friend from their days at Leiden University. After his departure from the Dutch East Indies he was sent to Egypt.
  In 1925, he was sent to Berlin as Dutch emissary for Germany. He was a strong opponent of the nazi regime and refused to meet Hitler or any member of the NSDAP.
  From 1936 to his retirement in 1939 he was Dutch emissary in London.
  He died on 17 April 1948 in The Hague.
caption: Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum
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