Gerrit Abraham van Poelje (January 31, 1884 in Naaldwijk – September 8, 1976 in The Hague) was a Dutch civil servant, lawyer and Public Administration scholar. He is considered one of the most important founders of the science of Public Administration in The Netherlands. Van Poelje was born on January 31, 1884 in Maasdijk (in the municipality of Naaldwijk) as the son of Izaak Lodewijk Anthonie, a teacher, and Christine Marie Antoinette Garbrij. In 1914, he married Lucie Charlotte Hansen. They had two children. In this function Van Poelje could develop the Dutch science of Public Administration.