Dick de Hoog
Politician, Author
1881 – 1928
Who was Dick de Hoog?
Frederik Hermanus "Dick" de Hoog was the Indo President of the Indo European Alliance, member of People’s Council and professional politician in the Dutch East Indies. He was also a Grand Master of the Dutch East Indies Freemasonry.
He was born on Ambon and died in Bandung, Dutch East Indies. He was the son of a Dutch father Johannes Hermanus Josephus de Hoog, employed in the Dutch East Indies Navy, and Indo mother Susanna Beekman. He was married to the Indo Chinese Kiong Nio Oei. The couple had two adoptive children.
After an expeditious and successful professional career Dick de Hoog went into politics and became the undisputed leader of the Indo Europeesch Verbond, the most important Indo emancipation movement of the time. As its representative he became a professional politician and full-time member of the Dutch East Indies ‘Volksraad’, an infant form of parliament .
He successfully united all Indo social layers and built the largest Indo organisation in the Dutch East Indies. His organisation became the biggest political fraction represented in the People’s Assembly fighting for race equality and a self-sufficient and independent nation, albeit as a dominion in a larger Dutch commonwealth .
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- Born
- Jun 16, 1881
Ambon, Maluku - Nationality
- Netherlands
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 1, 1928
Bandung
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on July 23, 2013
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