Eindhoven is a city and municipality of the Netherlands,located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest and is also located in the Dutch part of the natural region the Campine. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,it is the fifth-largest city of the Netherlands and the largest outside the Randstad conurbation.
Flevoland is the twelfth and newest province of the Netherlands,established in 1986,when the southern and eastern Flevopolders,together with the Noordoostpolder,were merged into one provincial entity. It is in the centre of the country in the former Zuiderzee,which was turned into the freshwater IJsselmeer by the closure of the Afsluitdijk in 1932. Almost all of the land belonging to Flevoland was reclaimed in the 1950s and 1960s while splitting the Markermeer and Bordering lakes from the IJsselmeer. As to dry land,it is the smallest province of the Netherlands at 1,412 km2 (545 sq mi),but not gross land as that includes much of the waters of the fresh water lakes (meres) mentioned.
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands. The VVD,whose forerunner was the Freedom Party,is a party of the centre-right,which promotes private enterprise and economic liberalism.
Purmerend is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands,in the province of North Holland. The city is surrounded by polders,such as the Purmer,Beemster and the Wormer. The city became the trade center of the region but the population grew relatively slowly. Only after 1960 did the population start to grow from around 10,000 to around 80,000 by the 2010s. From the 1960s onwards,Purmerend has seen major expansion and continues to do so. This expansion has turned Purmerend into a commuter town;many inhabitants of Purmerend work,go to school or spend their leisure time in Amsterdam. Purmerend is part of the Randstad,one of the largest conurbations in Europe.
Wouter Jacob Bos (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈʋʌutərˈbɔs];is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party and businessman.
Femke Halsema is a Dutch politician and filmmaker. On 27 June 2018,she was appointed Mayor of Amsterdam and began serving a six-year term on 12 July 2018. She is the first woman to hold the position on a non-interim basis. She previously was a member of the House of Representatives for the leftist green party GroenLinks from 1998 to 2011,and served as the party's parliamentary leader from 2002 to 2010.
Pauline Christine Krikke is a Dutch politician who served as mayor of The Hague from 2017 until 2019. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),she previously served as mayor of Arnhem from 2001 to 2013. She started her career as a councillor (1994–1996) and alderwoman in Amsterdam (1996–2001) and was elected to the Senate between 2015 and 2017.
Abraham "Bram" Peper was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).
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).
Gerardus Johannes Maria "Gerrit" Braks was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and agronomist.
Rob van Gijzel is a Dutch politician. He is a former MP and was mayor of Eindhoven between 8 April 2008 and 13 September 2016.
Willibrordus Ildefonsus Ignatius "Willibrord" van Beek is a retired Dutch politician and financial adviser. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Jan Hendrikus Cornelis van Zanen is a Dutch politician who has served as Mayor of The Hague since 1 July 2020. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),he previously served as Mayor of Utrecht (2014–2020) and Amstelveen (2005–2013). Jan van Zanen also was national chairman of the VVD (2003–2008). He has been president of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) since 3 June 2015.
Franciscus Max "Franc" Weerwind is a Dutch politician of Democrats 66 (D66) who has been serving as minister for legal protection in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mark Rutte since 10 January 2022.
Remco Paul George Bosma is a Dutch politician. He has been Mayor of Bladel since 16 January 2019. Previously Bosma was a member of the House of Representatives for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy between 1 March 2016 and 23 March 2017. He served in the States of Flevoland between 15 March 2007 and 1 March 2016.
Harrie Hendrickx is a former Belgian local politician in Schoten for the Christian democratic CVP/CD&V party.
Events from the year 2019 in the Netherlands.
Geertruida Catharina Theresia Maria "Truus" Smulders-Beliën was a Dutch politician and teacher who was the mayor of Oost-,West- en Middelbeers in North Brabant from 1946 to 1966. The first female mayor in the Netherlands,she succeeded her husband Jan Smulders after he was executed by Nazi soldiers.
Thomas Justinus Arnout Marie de Bruijn is a Dutch diplomat,civil servant and politician who served as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation in the third Rutte cabinet from 10 August 2021 to 10 January 2022. He is a member of the social-liberal Democrats 66 (D66) party.
