Andreas Matthias Donner
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Andreas Matthias Donner was a Dutch
judge and the second President of the European Court of Justice
, a position which he served between 1958 and 1964. Donner stems from a prominent Dutch Reformed family of jurists. His father Jan Donner
and his son Piet Hein Donner
were Dutch Minister of Justice
, with his son also being the current Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
. André Donner's brother Jan Hein Donner
was a chess grandmaster.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
judge and the second President of the European Court of Justice
European Court of Justice
The Court can sit in plenary session, as a Grand Chamber of 13 judges, or in chambers of three or five judges. Plenary sitting are now very rare, and the court mostly sits in chambers of three or five judges...
, a position which he served between 1958 and 1964. Donner stems from a prominent Dutch Reformed family of jurists. His father Jan Donner
Jan Donner
Jan Donner was a Dutch politician.Donner was Minister of Justice from 1926 to 1933, President of the Dutch Supreme Court from 1946 to 1961, and was named Minister of State in 1971 for his services to the State.He was the father of the chess player Jan Hein Donner and the jurist André Donner and...
and his son Piet Hein Donner
Piet Hein Donner
Jan Pieter Hendrik "Piet Hein" Donner is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal . He is the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Cabinet Rutte since October 14, 2010....
were Dutch Minister of Justice
Ministry of Justice (Netherlands)
The Ministry of Security and Justice is the Dutch ministry of justice. Until 14 October 2010, the ministry was just called Ministry of Justice , but at the start of the Rutte cabinet, the name changed because it had taken over some public safety duties from the Ministry of the Interior...
, with his son also being the current Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (Netherlands)
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment is the Dutch ministry of social affairs: it is occupied with employment, relations between employers and employees, the system of social security, and emancipation...
. André Donner's brother Jan Hein Donner
Jan Hein Donner
Johannes Hendrikus Donner was a Dutch chess grandmaster and writer. Donner was born in The Hague and won the Dutch Championship in 1954, 1957, and 1958. FIDE, the World Chess Federation, awarded him the GM title in 1959. He played 11 times for the Netherlands in the Chess Olympiads...
was a chess grandmaster.