Louis Beel

Early life

Louis Joseph Maria Beel was born on April 12, 1902 in Roermond, a town with a Bishop's see in the province of Limburg, in the very south of The Netherlands. He grew up in a predominantly Roman Catholic community and went to school at the famous Bisschoppelijk College (Diocesan College) of Roermond. He graduated in 1920 and found work as clerk-volunteer at the municipality of Roermond. Two years later he became secretary to the Educational Religious Inspector of the Roermond diocese, Monsignor Petrus van Gils. When in 1923 the Roman Catholic University was founded in Nijmegen (presently known als the Radboud University Nijmegen), Monsignor van Gils insisted on his secretary becoming a part-time law-student in Nijmegen. In 1924 Beel began commuting between Roermond and Nijmegen. After obtaining his bachelor's degree in 1925 he found a new job as an administrative assistant in the government of the eastern province of Overijssel. He moved to its capital, the town of Zwolle, and left his place of birth Roermond. During the time he lived in Zwolle Beel got married and his first child, a son, was born. In addition to being a provincial civil servant Beel accepted a part-time lectureship at an institute for professional training, Katholieke Leergangen, and he wrote his first articles on legal subjects.

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April 12 - 1902 - Roermond - Bishop - See - Limburg - The Netherlands - Roman Catholic - 1920 - Monsignor - 1923 - Nijmegen - Radboud University Nijmegen - 1924 - Bachelor's degree - 1925 - Government - Overijssel - Zwolle

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In 1928 Beel obtained his master's degree in law at the Nijmegen University. Subsequently he applied for a better job, and managed to find one as a clerk in the municipality of Eindhoven, a place again in the South of The Netherlands, at that time a booming city through the establishment of the Philips-concern. With his wife, his son and his mother-in-law he moved to Eindhoven in 1929 and lived there for more than fifteen years. Three daughters were born there. Beel's professional career progressed rapidly and in less than one year he became a principal clerk. As he had in Zwolle, Beel proved to be an industrious man. He continued his part-time lecturing at the Katholieke Leergangen, he published regularly in the legal press and in 1935 he obtained his doctorate in law at the Nijmegen University.

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1928 - Master's degree - Eindhoven - Philips - 1929 - 1935

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