COLIJN, HENDRICK (1869– ), Dutch politician, was born at Haarlemmer Meer, Holland. After serving as a govern ment official in the Dutch East Indies he returned to Holland in 1909 and became a member of the Second Chamber. From 1911 to 1913 he was minister for war. In 1914 he left politics and be came manager of the Batavian Oil Co., a position which he held until 1919. From 1919 until 1922 he was managing director of the Asiatic Petroleum Co. and director of the Royal Dutch Shell and Anglo-Saxon Companies. In 1922, after the death of Abra ham Kuyper, Colijn led the anti-revolutionary party. He was minister of finance in 1923, retaining this portfolio in the short lived cabinet formed by him in 1925. He became prime minister and minister for the colonies in