Friesland,historically and traditionally known as Frisia,named after the Frisians,is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen,northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel,north of Flevoland,northeast of North Holland,and south of the Wadden Sea. As of January 2020,the province had a population of 649,944 and a total area of 5,749 km2 (2,220 sq mi).
Leeuwarden is a city and municipality in Friesland,Netherlands,with a population of 127,073 (2023). It is the provincial capital and seat of the Provincial Council of Friesland.
Sneek is a city southwest of Leeuwarden and the seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland,Netherlands. As of 2011 it is the seat of the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân. The city had approximately 33,855 inhabitants in January 2017.
Anna Theodora Bernardina "Ank" Bijleveld-Schouten is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who has been serving as acting mayor of Almere since 10 January 2022. She served as Minister of Defence in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Mark Rutte from 26 October 2017 to 17 September 2021.
Jan Franssen is a Dutch politician.
JonkheerHerman Adriaan van Karnebeek was a Dutch politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1918 until his resignation in 1927. In that capacity,he was President of the Assembly of the League of Nations in 1921–1922.
Johannes Arnoldus "John" Jorritsma is a Dutch politician serving as Mayor of Eindhoven from 13 September 2016 to 13 September 2022,and succeeded by Jeroen Dijsselbloem (PvdA). A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),he previously was the King's Commissioner of the province of Friesland between 16 May 2008 and 12 September 2016.
Eberhard Edzard van der Laan was a Dutch politician who served as Minister for Housing,Communities and Integration from 2008 to 2010 and Mayor of Amsterdam from 2010 until his death in 2017. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA).
Jellejetta "Jetta" Klijnsma is a Dutch politician serving as the King's Commissioner of Drenthe since 2017. She is a member of the Labour Party (PvdA).
Joan Marika Leemhuis-Stout is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. She is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.
Focko Ukena was an East Frisian chieftain (hovetling) who played an important part in the struggle between the Vetkopers and Schieringers in the provinces of Groningen and Friesland. Aside from this he was one of the leading figures in the resistance against the forts of stately authority in East-Frisia of the tom Brok family.
Emile Gerardus Maria Roemer is a Dutch politician serving as King's Commissioner of Limburg since December 2021. A member of the Socialist Party (SP),he was its leader and parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives from 5 March 2010 until 13 December 2017. Roemer served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2006 until 2018,as acting Mayor of Heerlen from 2018 to 2020,and as acting mayor of Alkmaar from 2020 to 2021.
Rudolf Aleida "Roland" van Vliet is a Dutch independent politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives between 17 June 2010 and 23 March 2017. A member of the Party for Freedom (PVV) until he left it on 20 March 2014,he became a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) on 1 June 2015 but remained an independent member of the House because of procedures that prohibits party switching during an incumbent legislative session. Unofficially,he caucused with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy on voting.
Clemens Gerard Antoon Cornielje was a Dutch politician and political consultant and educator.
The Great Frisian War was an armed conflict in Frisia which lasted nine years in the 15th century,from 1413 to 1422.
This article lists major events that happened in 2017 in the Netherlands.
Eric van der Burg is a Dutch politician,who has served as State Secretary for Justice and Security in the fourth Rutte cabinet since 10 January 2022. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),he was elected to the Senate in 2019. Van der Burg previously had a lengthy political career in the municipality of Amsterdam which culminated in his brief service as ad interim Mayor of Amsterdam in 2017.
