Hendrikus Colijn

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Dutch politician Prime Minister of the Netherlands human statesman

Hendrikus Colijn was a Dutch statesman and multiple-term Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the interwar period, known for his conservative leadership and strict economic policies during the Great Depression.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Hendrikus Colijn canonical	8

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2607043 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hendrikus Colijn
Context triple: [Anti-Revolutionary Party, hadLeader, Hendrikus Colijn]

A. Willem Drees
Willem Drees was a prominent Dutch statesman and post–World War II prime minister known for rebuilding the Netherlands and shaping its modern welfare state during decolonization and the Indonesian conflict.
B. Willem Drees Jr.
Willem Drees Jr. was a Dutch politician and economist who served as a prominent member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and held various governmental and advisory roles in the Netherlands.
C. Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy was a Dutch Anti-Revolutionary Party politician best known for serving as Prime Minister of the Netherlands’ government-in-exile during World War II.
D. Wim Kok
Wim Kok was a Dutch Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1994 to 2002, leading two centrist "purple" coalition governments.
E. Hubertus van Mook
Hubertus van Mook was a Dutch colonial administrator who played a key role in governing the Dutch East Indies during and after World War II, particularly in the turbulent period of Indonesian independence.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hendrikus Colijn
Target entity description: Hendrikus Colijn was a Dutch statesman and multiple-term Prime Minister of the Netherlands in the interwar period, known for his conservative leadership and strict economic policies during the Great Depression.

A. Willem Drees
Willem Drees was a prominent Dutch statesman and post–World War II prime minister known for rebuilding the Netherlands and shaping its modern welfare state during decolonization and the Indonesian conflict.
B. Willem Drees Jr.
Willem Drees Jr. was a Dutch politician and economist who served as a prominent member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and held various governmental and advisory roles in the Netherlands.
C. Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy was a Dutch Anti-Revolutionary Party politician best known for serving as Prime Minister of the Netherlands’ government-in-exile during World War II.
D. Wim Kok
Wim Kok was a Dutch Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1994 to 2002, leading two centrist "purple" coalition governments.
E. Hubertus van Mook
Hubertus van Mook was a Dutch colonial administrator who played a key role in governing the Dutch East Indies during and after World War II, particularly in the turbulent period of Indonesian independence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch politician ⓘ Prime Minister of the Netherlands ⓘ human ⓘ statesman ⓘ
boardMemberOf	Royal Dutch Shell ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ
countryOfDeath	Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1869-06-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1944-09-18 ⓘ
economicPolicy	adherence to the gold standard ⓘ austerity ⓘ deflationary policy ⓘ
employer	Royal Dutch Shell ⓘ
familyName	Colijn ⓘ
givenName	Hendrik ⓘ surface form: Hendrikus
headOfGovernmentOf	Netherlands ⓘ
ideology	Calvinism ⓘ conservatism ⓘ
languageSpoken	Dutch ⓘ
maritalStatus	married ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Anti-Revolutionary Party ⓘ
militaryService	Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
notableFor	conservative leadership during the interwar period ⓘ multiple terms as Prime Minister of the Netherlands ⓘ strict economic policies during the Great Depression ⓘ
occupation	business executive ⓘ civil servant ⓘ politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Burgerveen ⓘ Haarlemmermeer ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Ilmenau ⓘ
positionHeld	Minister of Finance of the Netherlands ⓘ Minister of War of the Netherlands ⓘ Minister of General Affairs of the Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the Netherlands member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ member of the Senate of the Netherlands ⓘ party leader of the Anti-Revolutionary Party ⓘ
religion	Calvinism ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
residence	The Hague ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
termInOffice	1925-1926 ⓘ 1933-1939 ⓘ
workPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ interwar period ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anti-Revolutionary Party → hadLeader → Hendrikus Colijn ⓘ

Minister of Colonies of the Netherlands → officeHolderIncludes → Hendrikus Colijn ⓘ

Christian Historical Union → hadChairman → Hendrikus Colijn ⓘ

Christian Historical Union → hadLeader → Hendrikus Colijn ⓘ

Christian Historical Union → notableMember → Hendrikus Colijn ⓘ

Dirk Jan de Geer → precededBy → Hendrikus Colijn ⓘ

ARP → notableLeader → Hendrikus Colijn ⓘ

subject surface form: Anti-Revolutionaire Partij

ARP → producedPrimeMinister → Hendrikus Colijn ⓘ