Answer the following question: Facts: - death place: soest , netherlands - order: 30th and 33rd prime minister of the netherlands - successor: pieter sjoerds gerbrandy charles ruijs de beerenbrouck - party: christian historical - monarch: wilhelmina wilhelmina - predecessor: hendrikus colijn hendrik colijn - death date: 28 november 1960 - spouse: maria voorhoeve - term end: 3 september 1940 10 august 1929 - children: 5 - term start: 10 august 1939 8 march 1926 - birth date: 14 december 1870 - name: dirk jan de geer - image: dirk jan de geer.jpg - birth place: groningen , netherlands - religion: dutch reformed - occupation: statesman Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dirk jan de geer .
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jonkheer dirk jan de geer -lrb- 14 december 1870 -- 28 november 1960 -rrb- was a dutch nobleman , lawyer , conservative statesman and prime minister of the netherlands -lrb- 1926 -- 1929 , 1939 -- 1940 -rrb- .he was disgraced for advocating a peace settlement between the kingdom and nazi germany in 1940 .born in groningen , he was a descendant of the de geer family painted by rembrandt .after receiving his doctorate in law in 1895 , de geer worked as a journalist and acted as town councillor of rotterdam -lrb- 1901 -- 1907 -rrb- .he served from 1907 as a christian historical -rrb- member of parliament .de geer was a stable and respected politician before the war .from 1920 to 1921 de geer served as mayor of arnhem .between 1921 and 1923 de geer served as minister of finance .he resigned in 1923 because of his disagreement with the naval law of 1924 .from 1925-1926 he served as minister of the interior and minister of agriculture .he was prime minister from 8 march 1926 to 10 august 1929 .he also served as minister of finances from 1926 to 1933 .