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{{Infobox officeholder|name=<center> Geert Njoe|image=File:Geert Njoe.png|imagesize=275px|birth_date=13 August 1900|birth_place=Amoy, [[Kingdom of Canton]]|death_date=24 November 1990 (age 90)|death_place=Baku, Baku Oblast, [[Russia]]|mother=Matilda Njoe|father=Malcolm Jonkman}} |
{{Infobox officeholder|name=<center> Geert Njoe|image=File:Geert Njoe.png|imagesize=275px|birth_date=13 August 1900|birth_place=Amoy, [[Kingdom of Canton]]|death_date=24 November 1990 (age 90)|death_place=Baku, Baku Oblast, [[Russia]]|mother=Matilda Njoe|father=Malcolm Jonkman|children=Geert Njoe II}} |
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'''Geert Njoe''' ([[Standard Chinese|Chinese]]: 劉 |
'''Geert Njoe''' ([[Standard Chinese|Chinese]]: 劉潔, ''Líw Źiė''; 13 August 1900 – 24 November 1990), born '''Geert Jonkman''', was a [[China|Chinese]] Eurasian politician and businessman who served as [[List of leaders of the Chinese Republic|Chief General Secretary]] of China thrice in 1960–1963, 1970, and 1975–1977. |
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== Early life == |
== Early life == |
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Njoe was born into a Calvinist family in Amoy on 13 August 1900. His father, Malcolm Jonkman (1878–1966), was a descendant of European [[Westerzee|Westerzeers]] who migrated to China in the early 19th century. They were distantly related to the founding members of the modern [[Jonkman Enterprises|Jonkman Corporation]]. Matilda Njoe (1883–1974), his mother, was a Hakka woman from a prominent family of glassmakers in the region. Upon meeting her future husband in 1898, she converted to Christianity and adopted the name Matilda. |
Njoe was born into a Calvinist family in Amoy on 13 August 1900. His father, Malcolm Jonkman (1878–1966), was a descendant of European [[Westerzee|Westerzeers]] who migrated to China in the early 19th century. They were distantly related to the founding members of the modern [[Jonkman Enterprises|Jonkman Corporation]]. Matilda Njoe (1883–1974), his mother, was a Hakka woman from a prominent family of glassmakers in the region. Upon meeting her future husband in 1898, she converted to Christianity and adopted the name Matilda. |
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As a child, Njoe attended the newly established ''Hiàmén Móngśwó'' in central Amoy. He would often go to the Pescadores Islands via boat a few times a month with his maternal family. In 1915, his father Malcolm Jonkman opened a spectacles factory in Gwangzow, causing him to be separated from the rest of the family. The same year, Njoe's parents divorced. Njoe would then change his surname from Jonkman to his mother's maiden name, Njoe, a surname that he would use for the remainder of his life. |
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The divorce drained his family's financial resources and put immense pressure on his mother to provide. As a result, he obtained a job working for Albert Sarkissian, an Armeno-[[Russia|Russian]] petroleum importer, at the age of nineteen. The money he earned would allow him to attend the [[Quast Institute]] in [[Tauland]], where he graduated with a Bachelor of Letters in 1922. Soon after, Sarkissian announced he would return to his hometown Baku and invited Njoe to join him. After careful deliberation and encouragement from his mother, he left for Russia in January 1923. |
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== Career abroad: 1923–1932 == |
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In Baku, he met a Dutch woman named Louise Pichot du Plessis, whom he would enter into a romantic relationship with. With the drastic fall of regional oil prices during the [[European Economic Crisis]] and simmering social unrest immediately prior to the [[Russian Revolution]], Njoe made the decision to leave Russia for [[Netherlands|the Netherlands]] in 1924. It is in Rotterdam where he would be employed by the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company for the next eight years. His efforts in protecting the Dutch petroleum industry from international competition during his time at Royal Dutch earned him the alliance of several European industrialists. |
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Njoe married his long-time partner Louise Pichot du Plessis in September 1928. Their first child, Geert Njoe II, was born on 6 January 1931. Louise would suffer from postpartum psychosis shortly after. In the summer of the same year, she left for Mechelen, where she would live with her parents. A year later, Njoe would resign from his position in Rotterdam and returned to China with his son. |
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== Return to China: 1932–1960 == |
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== Political peak: 1960–1977 == |
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== Later life == |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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| Born | 13 August 1900 Amoy, Kingdom of Canton |
| Died | 24 November 1990 (age 90) Baku, Baku Oblast, Russia |
| Children | Geert Njoe II |
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Geert Njoe (Chinese: 劉潔, Líw Źiė; 13 August 1900 – 24 November 1990), born Geert Jonkman, was a Chinese Eurasian politician and businessman who served as Chief General Secretary of China thrice in 1960–1963, 1970, and 1975–1977.
Early life
Njoe was born into a Calvinist family in Amoy on 13 August 1900. His father, Malcolm Jonkman (1878–1966), was a descendant of European Westerzeers who migrated to China in the early 19th century. They were distantly related to the founding members of the modern Jonkman Corporation. Matilda Njoe (1883–1974), his mother, was a Hakka woman from a prominent family of glassmakers in the region. Upon meeting her future husband in 1898, she converted to Christianity and adopted the name Matilda.
As a child, Njoe attended the newly established Hiàmén Móngśwó in central Amoy. He would often go to the Pescadores Islands via boat a few times a month with his maternal family. In 1915, his father Malcolm Jonkman opened a spectacles factory in Gwangzow, causing him to be separated from the rest of the family. The same year, Njoe's parents divorced. Njoe would then change his surname from Jonkman to his mother's maiden name, Njoe, a surname that he would use for the remainder of his life.
The divorce drained his family's financial resources and put immense pressure on his mother to provide. As a result, he obtained a job working for Albert Sarkissian, an Armeno-Russian petroleum importer, at the age of nineteen. The money he earned would allow him to attend the Quast Institute in Tauland, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Letters in 1922. Soon after, Sarkissian announced he would return to his hometown Baku and invited Njoe to join him. After careful deliberation and encouragement from his mother, he left for Russia in January 1923.
Career abroad: 1923–1932
In Baku, he met a Dutch woman named Louise Pichot du Plessis, whom he would enter into a romantic relationship with. With the drastic fall of regional oil prices during the European Economic Crisis and simmering social unrest immediately prior to the Russian Revolution, Njoe made the decision to leave Russia for the Netherlands in 1924. It is in Rotterdam where he would be employed by the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company for the next eight years. His efforts in protecting the Dutch petroleum industry from international competition during his time at Royal Dutch earned him the alliance of several European industrialists.
Njoe married his long-time partner Louise Pichot du Plessis in September 1928. Their first child, Geert Njoe II, was born on 6 January 1931. Louise would suffer from postpartum psychosis shortly after. In the summer of the same year, she left for Mechelen, where she would live with her parents. A year later, Njoe would resign from his position in Rotterdam and returned to China with his son.
