Jonkheer '''Jonkheer Pieter Godfried Maria [[van Meeuwen]]''' ([['s-Hertogenbosch]] 1899- [[Ulestraten]] 1982) was a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[Jurist]], [[statesman]] and a [[politician]]. He played an very important role in the Dutch [[politics]].
Belonging to the [[nobility|noble]] family [[van Meeuwen]], he did the [[gym]] in Den Haag and studied law at [[Leiden]][[University]]. He became a [[lawyer]] in [['s-Hertogenbosch]] and later president and judge of [[the Court]] in [[Amsterdam]], [[Den Haag]] and [[Baarn]] and the [[Hoge Raad der Nederlanden]]. He was a member of the National Assembly (1796 - 1798) and belonged to the moderate unitarians, who were advocates of a central government. From 6 novemberNovember 1956 - 16 septemberSeptember 1969 was he a member of the [[Senate of the Netherlands]] and [[House of Representatives of the Netherlands]].
He was also chairman of the [[Hoge Raad van Adel]], chairman of the [[Senate of the Netherlands]], first Lieutenant der cavalerie, judiciary-spokesman and member of the supervisory board Amsterdamse bank N.V.
== Distinction ==
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* Order of Orange-Nassau
== Private life ==
Pieter married Louisa Augusta Johanna Maria van Lanschot and had five children. His father, [[jhr.]] [[Pieter Leon van Meeuwen]], was chairman of the Senate and his mother was Maria Francisca van Lanschot. The family belonging also to the [[elite]] of [[Baarn]], [[Den Haag]] and [[Amsterdam]].
