Andries Cornelies Dirk de Graeff

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Jonkheer Andries Cornelies Dirk de Graeff (Den Haag, August 7, 1872April 24, 1957) was a Governor General of Dutch East Indies.

He served between March 26[1], 1926 until September 11, 1931.

He was also the Dutch minister for foreign affairs for an unspecified period during 1936 and 1937.[2]. During 1936, de Graeff served as a "sort of stooge"[3] to British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden in relation to the question of weakening the League of Nations.

De Graeff wanted to "modify the League until it became "purely consultive", coax Germany back into it, and abolish forever all Sanctions "except the one Sanction that an aggressor would be automatically expelled from the League.""[4]

Preceded by
Dirk Fock
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
1926–1931
Succeeded by
jhr. Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge