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Apr 21, 1904 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands Died on 22 May 1977 (aged 73)
Dutch politician
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About Gijs Van Hall
- Gijsbert van Hall (21 April 1904, in Amsterdam – 22 May 1977, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch politician and Mayor of Amsterdam between 1957 and 1967.
- His brother, Walraven van Hall, was a banker and resistance leader during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.
- Both were born into a prominent banking family in Amsterdam, with Gijs subject to infections of tuberculosis in his younger years.
- He joined Kean Taylor & Co.
- in 1928, then became Director of Labouchère and Co.
- in 1948.
- He became a senator in 1956 before being elected mayor the following year.
