Johan Furstner

Johannes Theodorus Furstner (18 January 1887, Amsterdam – 15 September 1970, The Hague) was a Dutch naval officer and politician. Reaching the rank of lieutenant admiral (Dutch: luitenant-admiraal), he served as Minister of the Navy during World War II in the Second Gerbrandy cabinet.

Lieutenant Admiral
Johan Furstner
Johan Furstner sometime between 1941 and 1945
Minister of State
In office
25 August 1945 – 1 January 1963
MonarchQueen Wilhelmina
Minister of the Navy
In office
27 July 1941 – 23 February 1945
MonarchQueen Wilhelmina
Prime MinisterPieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Preceded byHendrik van Boeijen
Succeeded byJim de Booy
Personal details
Born(1887-01-16)16 January 1887
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died15 September 1970(1970-09-15) (aged 83)
The Hague, Netherlands
Political partyIndependent Liberal Conservative
Alma materRoyal Naval Institute, Willemsoord
ProfessionNaval officer
Military service
AllegianceNetherlands
Branch/serviceRoyal Netherlands Navy
Years of service1906–1945
RankLieutenant admiral
Commands
  • Hogere Marine Krijgsschool (director)
  • HNLMS Hertog Hendrik
  • Chief of the Naval Staff
  • Commander of the Naval Forces
Battles/wars
  • Sunda Islands Expedition 1905–1909
  • World War II

Furstner was a naval theorist and a central figure in the Royal Netherlands Navy from the late 1930s through the end of World War II in 1945. He was educated at the Hogere Krijgsschool (English: Higher Military School) and the French École supérieure de guerre (English: Superior School of warfare). Although he was a co-founder of the Alliance for National Reconstruction (Dutch: Verbond voor Nationaal Herstel), he had little interest in the pre-World War II Dutch political party system. When Nazi Germany overran the Netherlands in May 1940, moved to London to continue service in the Dutch government-in-exile there, although he was indignant about the Dutch cabinet's decision to flee the Netherlands. From 1941 to 1945, he served simultaneously as both Minister of the Navy and as commander-in-chief of the Royal Netherlands Navy in the Dutch government-in-exile in London. After World War II he was a member of the Council of State for more than 17 years.

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