Has Beyen

Has Beyen
Has Beyen
	Beyen in 1978
State Secretary for Economic Affairs
	In office; 9 January 1978 – 11 September 1981
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Minister	Gijs van Aardenne
Preceded by	Ted Hazekamp
Succeeded by	Piet van Zeil; Wim Dik
Personal details
Born	Karel Herman Beyen; 22 March 1923; The Hague, Netherlands
Died	2 January 2002 (aged 78); Wassenaar, Netherlands
Party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Spouses	Sally Brunet (m. 1954; died 1976); Willemijn Brom (m. 1979);
Children	Wim Beyen (1955-1998)
Parents	Johan Beyen (father); Petronella Hijmans van Anrooij (mother);
Occupation	Banker, politician

Karel Herman "Has" Beyen (22 March 1923 – 2 January 2002) was a Dutch banker and politician for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).^[1]

References

^ "Karel Herman Beyen". Biografisch portaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 January 2026.

External links

Mr. K.H. (Has) Beyen Parlement.com (in Dutch)

[1] "Karel Herman Beyen". Biografisch portaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 January 2026.

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First Van Agt cabinet (1977–1981)
Preceded by: Den Uyl cabinet Succeeded by: Second Van Agt cabinet
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Hans Wiegel (Interior)
Ministers	Chris van der Klaauw (Foreign Affairs) Frans Andriessen (Finance) (1977–1980) Gijs van Aardenne (Finance) (Ad interim) Fons van der Stee (Finance and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (from 1980) Job de Ruiter (Justice) Gijs van Aardenne (Economic Affairs) Roelof Kruisinga (Defence) (1977–1978) Jan de Koning (Defence) (Ad interim) Willem Scholten (Defence) (1978–1980) Pieter de Geus (Defence) (from 1980) Leendert Ginjaar (Health and Environment) Wil Albeda (Social Affairs) Arie Pais (Education and Sciences) Dany Tuijnman (Transport and Water Management) Fons van der Stee (Agriculture and Fisheries and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1977–1980) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) (from 1980) Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland (Housing and Spatial Planning) (1977–1981) Dany Tuijnman (Housing and Spatial Planning) (from 1981) (Ad interim) Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Jan de Koning (Development Cooperation) Rinus Peijnenburg (Science Policy) (1977–1979) (†) Leendert Ginjaar (Science Policy) (Ad interim) Ton van Trier (Science Policy) (from 1979)
State Secretaries	Henk Koning (Interior) Durk van der Mei (Foreign Affairs) Ad Nooteboom (Finance) (1977–1980) Marius van Amelsvoort (Finance) (from 1980) Bert Haars (Justice) Ted Hazekamp (Economic Affairs) Has Beyen (Economic Affairs) Cees van Lent (Defence) Wim van Eekelen (Defence) Els Veder-Smit (Health and Environment) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs) Klaas de Jong Ozn. (Education and Sciences) Ad Hermes (Education and Sciences) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Brokx (Housing and Spatial Planning) Jeltien Kraaijeveld-Wouters (Culture, Recreation and Social Work) Gerard Wallis de Vries (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)