Bernard Bram "Bernt" Schneiders (born 2 April 1959 in

Breukelen Breukelen () is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is situated to the north west of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and close to the lakes of the Loosdrechtse Plassen, an area of natural and tourist ...

) is a Dutch

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

who is a member of the

Partij van de Arbeid The Labour Party ( nl, Partij van de Arbeid, , abbreviated as ''PvdA'', or ''P van de A'', ) is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1946 as a merger of the Social Democratic Workers' Party, the Free ...

(PvdA) and. From July 2006 until September 2016 he was

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...

Career

Schneiders studied

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

and worked after he finished his studies for the Queen's Commissioner in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

. He became the mayor of

Landsmeer Landsmeer () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Population centres The municipality of Landsmeer consists of the three villages: Den Ilp, Landsmeer, Purmerland. Topography ''Dutch topographic ...

in 1995 and served for six years until 2001. After he finished his term as mayor of Landsmeer, he became the mayor of the town

Heemskerk Heemskerk () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is located in the Kennemerland region. Local government As of March 2022, the municipal council of Heemskerk consists of 25 seats, which are divide ...

which he served for five years. On 4 July 2006, Schneiders was appointed the mayor of Haarlem, the capital city of

. He took over the mayoral duties from

Jaap Pop Jacobus Johannes Hermanus (Jaap) Pop (born 23 June 1941, Alphen aan den Rijn) is a former Dutch politician. Pop is a member of the Labour Party. Early life Pop was born as one of three sons in 1941 in Alphen aan den Rijn. His father is Herm ...

. http://www.haarlem.pvda.nl/nieuwsbericht/314 He was succeeded by

Jos Wienen Jos Wienen (born 3 October 1960 in Ridderkerk) is a Dutch politician. He is mayor of the city of Haarlem. Wienen studied history and theology at Utrecht University. In 1986 he became a councilor for the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) in the ...

in September 2016.

References

1959 births Living people Dutch civil servants Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians Mayors of Haarlem Mayors in North Holland People from Heemskerk People from Landsmeer People from Breukelen {{Netherlands-mayor-stub

Career

See also

References