QUAY, Jan Eduard de

(1901–1985)

   Politician. De Quay studied psychology at the University of Utrecht and was appointed lecturer (in 1927) and professor (in 1934) at the Roman Catholic School of Economics in Tilburg (now Tilburg University). In 1940, he was a member of the Driemanschap of the Nederlandsche Unie (NU, Netherlands Union). He served a few months as minister of war in the Dutch government in London in 1945. De Quay became a member of the new Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP, Catholic People’s Party) and in 1946 was appointed governor of the province of Northern Brabant. De Quay was prime minister from 1959 until 1963. From 1966 to 1969, he was a member of the First Chamber of Parliament, interrupted by a short term as minister of transport and public works in 1966–1967.