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'''Paulus de Withe''' was [[Prime Minister of Batavia|prime minister]] of [[Batavia]] between {{AN|1685}} and ''present''. As member of the [[Radicalen]], he succeeded his fellow party member and sitting prime minister [[Jacques Montrarde]] in 1685 at the outbreak of the [[Batavian Revolution]]. He successfully fought off the syndicalists, by keeping control over the capital, and isolating the armed groups from each other. Confronted with financial disaster, he urged his party to lower military spending and request military aid from neighbouring countries.
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'''Paulus de Withe''' (1648 - ...) was [[Prime Minister of Batavia|prime minister]] of [[Batavia]] between {{AN|1685}} and ''present''. As member of the [[Radicalen]], he succeeded his fellow party member and sitting prime minister [[Jacques Montrarde]] in 1685 at the outbreak of the [[Batavian Revolution]]. He successfully fought off the syndicalists, by keeping control over the capital, and isolating the armed groups from each other. Confronted with financial disaster, he urged his party to lower military spending and request military aid from neighbouring countries.
 
In contrast with his predecessor, Paulus never served in the [[Batavian Armed Forces]]. As a boy, being born in the Baronial house of de Withe, he saw it as it duty to protect the lands and his peoples. Wanting to serve in the Army had traditionally been a way for the nobility to proof loyalty to the country, but due to the occupation of Batavia during his youth (the ''stateless period'' between 1614 and 1661), his parents made him study to become a civil servant instead of a military officer.
 
In 1679 AN, he succeeded his father as baron of Withe. He joined the Radicalen the next year, and won a seat in the Lagerhuis. He became minister of Education under the Montrarde Administration. Eventually he was appointed to succeed his mentor and prime minister and played an important role in orchestrating the successes at the [[Blanckenhof Accords]].


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Paulus de Withe
Paulus de Withe.png
Full name Paulus de Withe
AKA The Civil Clerk (de Civiele Klerk)
Physical information
Species Human
Gender Male
Biographical information
Date of birth 1648 AN
Residence(s) Withe, Batavia
Nationality Batavian
Occupation

Civil servant
Minister of education (1680 - 1685)

Prime Minister of Batavia

Paulus de Withe (1648 - ...) was prime minister of Batavia between 1685 AN and present. As member of the Radicalen, he succeeded his fellow party member and sitting prime minister Jacques Montrarde in 1685 at the outbreak of the Batavian Revolution. He successfully fought off the syndicalists, by keeping control over the capital, and isolating the armed groups from each other. Confronted with financial disaster, he urged his party to lower military spending and request military aid from neighbouring countries.

In contrast with his predecessor, Paulus never served in the Batavian Armed Forces. As a boy, being born in the Baronial house of de Withe, he saw it as it duty to protect the lands and his peoples. Wanting to serve in the Army had traditionally been a way for the nobility to proof loyalty to the country, but due to the occupation of Batavia during his youth (the stateless period between 1614 and 1661), his parents made him study to become a civil servant instead of a military officer.

In 1679 AN, he succeeded his father as baron of Withe. He joined the Radicalen the next year, and won a seat in the Lagerhuis. He became minister of Education under the Montrarde Administration. Eventually he was appointed to succeed his mentor and prime minister and played an important role in orchestrating the successes at the Blanckenhof Accords.