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became deputy chairman of the 'Board of
Delegates' and vice chairman of the 'Volksraad'. By now the IEV had grown into the largest political fraction in the 'Volksraad'. In his political functions, De Hoog proved to be a skillful administrator, shrewd politician, and excellent orator. Both friend and foe praised his immaculate memory, subject matter knowledge, discretion, and strong work ethic.
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De Hoog considered solidarity essential to further emancipation and his priority was to ensure unity within all social layers of the Indo community of the plural and polarized Dutch East Indies. Under his leadership, the organisation struggled to acquire both civil rights for natives of the colony as
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He successfully united all Indo-social layers and built the largest Indo organisation in the Dutch East Indies. His organisation became the biggest political fraction represented in the People's
Assembly fighting for race equality and a self-sufficient and independent nation, albeit as a dominion in
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De Hoog was now totally dedicated to his political aspirations. After initially having a two-headed presidency De Hoog became the IEV's sole
President in 1929. That same year De Hoog, lovingly nicknamed the 'Big Boss', was responsible for successfully attracting close to 15,000 members. In 1930 he
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in the Dutch East Indies, his organisation was unable to build up enough influence to reverse the ongoing marginalisation of the vulnerable Indo community. After the great change of paradigm during WWII the IEV was unable to surmount the vicissitudes of the clash between Dutch colonialism and the
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In 1938 the IEV celebrated De Hoog's 10 years as president and a social fund was named after him. He was at the height of his fame and had acquired significant nicknames such as the 'uncrowned King of the IEV' and the 'Indo general'. His health however started failing and after several heart
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De Hoog was the youngest of 5 children. Due to the death of his father when he was still an infant toddler, the family was unable to afford appropriate schooling for the brilliant and inquisitive boy. Fortunately, a scholarship granted by the
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failures, he suffered a fatal stroke at age 57. His death in 1939 was front-page news in both the Dutch East Indies and the
Netherlands and his burial in Bandung was an impressive event paying homage to his work for the Indo community.
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well as increased self-determination for the Dutch East Indies. The colonial authorities however continued to procrastinate democratic progress and the Dutch East Indies remained considerably more centralised and conservative than the
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HBS at 16. He started his professional career as a clerk in
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an infant form of parliament. When in 1927 he joined the 'Board of
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After an expeditious and successful professional career Dick de Hoog went into politics and became the undisputed leader of the Indo
Europeesch Verbond (English: Indo-European Alliance), the most important
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With financial help from a friend, the already-married De Hoog, was able to pursue an academic education in the
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