Gerrit Hendrik Kersten

Gerrit Hendrik Kersten (August 6, 1882, Deventer – September 6, 1948, Waarde) was a Dutch Christian minister and politician. In 1907, Kersten founded the Netherlands Reformed Congregations. Eleven years later, in 1918, Kersten established the Reformed Political Party. He was the party's first member of the House of Representatives, after being elected in 1922. He would remain in parliament until 1945. On the evening of November 10, 1925, Kersten, staunchly opposed to Roman Catholicism, proposed an amendment to the 1926 budget for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Kersten's proposal came down to ending financial support for a Dutch office at the Holy See. The amendment was adopted the next day, with support from government party...