Roelf de Boer

Roelf Hendrik de Boer (born 9 October 1949, Rotterdam) is a retired Dutch politician and businessman who was a member the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) and briefly served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003.

For other uses, see De Boer.
In this Dutch name, the surname is De Boer, not Boer.
Roelf de Boer
Roelf de Boer in 2002
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003
Serving with Johan Remkes
Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende
Preceded byEduard Bomhoff
Succeeded byGerrit Zalm
Transport and
Water Management
In office
22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003
Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende
Preceded byTineke Netelenbos
Succeeded byKarla Peijs
Personal details
Born (1949-09-09) 9 September 1949
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Political partyPim Fortuyn List (2002–2003)
Other political
affiliations		VVD
OccupationPublic administrator, politician, businessman

Biography

De Boer served as a reservist in the Dutch navy before becoming a businessman. He worked for the Nedlloyd shipping company and then as the president of the European Waterways Transport (EWT). He was a member of the VVD before joining the LPF. de Boer served as part of the first Balkenende cabinet as minister for Transport and Water Management and later as Deputy Prime Minister following the resignation of Eduard Bomhoff.[1] During his time in politics, he campaigned for the prices of rail tickets to be lowered and for smaller fines for mild speeding offenses.[2]

Following the collapse of the first Balkenende cabinet, he returned to working as a public administrator for Royal Dutch Transport (KNV) and as chairman for the Value8 business investment group. He attempted a return to politics in 2006 by standing for the municipal elections in Rotterdam, but resigned due to health problems.[3]

References
  1. Liang, Christina Schori (2007). Europe for the Europeans: the foreign and security policy of the populist radical right. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 212–. ISBN 978-0-7546-4851-2. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  2. De Boer schrijft aan NS:Rechtszaak over prijs kaartje, Trouw, 5 februari 2003
  3. "Roelf de Boer stopt als wethouder Rotterdam" Elsevier.nl, 13 april 2007


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