Thomas Bastiaan Pleyte
Thomas Bastiaan Pleyte (23 October 1864 in Leiden – 25 March 1926 in The Hague) was a Dutch politician.
Thomas B. Pleyte in 1913
Pleyte was minister of Colonies in the Cort van der Linden cabinet. He became known as a liberal minister who founded the People's Council in 1916, a move that is widely regarded as the important first step to give the native population of the Dutch East Indies (now known as Indonesia) an equal say in government. Pleyte was fluent in Malay and Javanese.
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| Preceded by Jan Hendrik de Waal Malefijt |
Minister of Colonial Affairs 1913–1916 |
Succeeded by Jean Jacques Rambonnet Acting |
| Preceded by Jean Jacques Rambonnet Acting |
Minister of Colonial Affairs 1917–1918 |
Succeeded by Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg |
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