List of mayors of Heerlen
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This is a list of mayors of Heerlen
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Heerlen
Heerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, , an agglomeration of about 220,000 inhabitants.After its early Roman beginnings and a rather modest medieval period, Heerlen...
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- 1805–1818: Jan Gerard KemmerlingJan Gerard KemmerlingJan Gerard Kemmerling was mayor of Heerlen and Nieuwenhagen.When the French arrived in Heerlen in 1795, Kemmerling sympathized with their ideas of Enlightenment and revolution. He became secretary at age 23 for the newly established French Canton Heerlen...
(February 4, 1776 – January 15, 1818) - 1818–1820: Albert Schultze
- 1820–1843: Johan Willem Lintjens (?? – ??)
- 1843–1853: Jan Joseph Jaegers (May 27, 1810, HeerlenHeerlenHeerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, , an agglomeration of about 220,000 inhabitants.After its early Roman beginnings and a rather modest medieval period, Heerlen...
– October 31, 1872, HeerlenHeerlenHeerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, , an agglomeration of about 220,000 inhabitants.After its early Roman beginnings and a rather modest medieval period, Heerlen...
) - 1853–1855: Leonard Leopold Stassen (Schaesberg, November 26, 1806 – Heerlen, October 20, 1855)
- 1856–1862: Jan Peter de Hessele (February 12, 1788 – August 30, 1869)
- 1869–1894: Mathias Jozef Savelberg (May 28, 1825 – August 4, 1894)
- 1894–1913: M.J. de Hesselle (1855–1935) he also was the town's PharmacistPharmacistPharmacists are allied health professionals who practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences focusing on safe and effective medication use...
- 1913–1926: Marius Alphonse Marie Waszink (May 18, 1881, MaastrichtMaastrichtMaastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
– October 23, 1943, BredaBredaBreda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance...
), later became Minister of Education - 1926–1961: Marcel van GrunsvenMarcel van GrunsvenMarcel van Grunsven was mayor of Heerlen from 1926 to 1961. He led Heerlen through the crisis years, the Second World War, and the booming mining years. He didn’t fear personal sacrifice, like salary cuts...
(December 4, 1896 – July 24, 1969) - 1962–1964: Charles van RooyCharles van RooyDr. Charles Joan Marie Adriaan van Rooy had a political career as a mayor of various cities, minister and governor...
(January 23, 1912, RotterdamRotterdamRotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
– August 1, 1996, HilversumHilversumis a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Located in the region called "'t Gooi", it is the largest town in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller villages...
) - 1964–1976: Frans Gijzels (November 24, 1911, GeleenGeleenGeleen is a city in the southern part of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. With 33,960 inhabitants, it is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen. Geleen is situated along the river Geleenbeek, a right tributary to the river Meuse. The town centre is situated at about 60 m above sea...
– April 23, 1977, HeerlenHeerlenHeerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, , an agglomeration of about 220,000 inhabitants.After its early Roman beginnings and a rather modest medieval period, Heerlen...
) - 1976–1986: Jan Reijnen (born February 3, 1927, KaatsheuvelKaatsheuvelKaatsheuvel is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, situated along highways N261 and N628. With a population of roughly 16,600, it is the largest village in and the capital of the municipality of Loon op Zand, which also consists of the villages of De Moer and Loon op Zand...
) - 1986–1992: Piet van ZeilPiet van ZeilPetrus Hendrikus van Zeil is a former Dutch politician.-References:...
(born August 3, 1927, Hillegom) - 1992–2000: Jef Pleumeekers (born December 3, 1945, EijsdenEijsdenEijsden is a place situated in the southern part of the Dutch province of Limburg. Until January 1st, 2011 it was the main village in a municipality with the same name. On that date this municipality merged with a neighbouring one, which resulted in the new Eijsden-Margraten municipality.Eijsden...
) - 2000–2004: Alexander Sakkers (born May 28, 1948, DelftDelftDelft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague....
) - 2004–2010: Toine Gresel
- Since 2010: Paul Depla