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= Franciscus Gerard van Bloemen Waanders = Franciscus Gerard van Bloemen Waanders (* July 4, 1825, in Antwerp, Kingdom of the United Netherlands, today: Belgium; † July 22, 1892, in Breda, province of Noord-Brabant) was a Dutch colonial official and conservative politician who, among other things, was Colonial Minister in the Heemskerk Azn. cabinet in 1883.

His life
Franciscus was born in Antwerp on July 4, 1825, the son of Henri Louis van Bloemen Waanders and Elisabeth Antoinette Reijntjes. Franciscus Gerard van Bloemen Waanders moved to the Dutch Indies in 1837 at the age of twelve and joined the cultural service of the colonial administration. He held various positions and became Commies derde klasse in 1847 and Inspecteur der Cultures in 1859. After becoming Resident of Madioen in 1864, he took up the post of Resident of Cheribon in 1866 and was then Director of the Domestic Administration of Java between 1867 and 1869. He was a board member of the Concordia Military Society and the De Harmonia Society in Batavia and an honorary member of the Indian Agricultural Society. His children received a Protestant education. He returned to the Netherlands in January 1870 and was initially on leave of absence and subsequently without public office in the Netherlands Indies between August 1, 1873 and April 1883, before returning to the Netherlands in February April 1883. In April 1883, he received an honorable discharge with retention of pension due to an error committed under his responsibility in the payment from the state treasury to two Indian sugar factories.

On April 23, 1883, van Bloemen Wanders was appointed Minister of Colonial Affairs (Minister van Koloniën) in the Heemskerk Azn. cabinet, although he was only "second choice" for this post. On November 22, 1883, the budget for the Netherlands Indies was rejected by the Second Chamber of the States General by 43 votes to 35 due to his conservative colonial policy, whereupon he resigned on November 25, 1883. Particular criticism was leveled at the lack of measures to deal with the increasing deficits in the budget of the Netherlands Indies and the lack of proposals for further decentralization and privatization. Minister of War August Willem Philip Weitzel then took over as acting minister before Jacobus Petrus Sprenger van Eyk became the new colonial minister on February 27, 1884. Bloemen Waanders, who was a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, was married to Joanna Geertruida Cornelia de Munnick (January 10, 1837-June 1885).

Publications
Franciscus Gerard van Bloemen Waanders published various books under the pseudonym Van Blommen. His works include:


 * Beschouwingen naar aanleiding van de spoorwegpolitiek van den Minister van Koloniën Van Bloemen Waanders, 1884
 * Nederland en Indie. Een noodkreet, S. 1887

Weblinks

 * F.G. van Bloemen Waanders. In: Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved December 15, 2023 (Dutch).
 * Bloemen Wanders. In: Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW). Retrieved December 15, 2023 (Dutch).