Johannes Marcellus Maria "Han" Polman (born 16 January 1963) is a Dutch politician of the

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(D66) party. He has been the King's Commissioner of

Zeeland , nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge") , anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem") , image_map = Zeeland in the Netherlands.svg , map_alt = , m ...

since 1 March 2013. Previously he was

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Bergen op Zoom Bergen op Zoom (; called ''Berrege'' in the local dialect) is a municipality and a city located in the south of the Netherlands. Etymology The city was built on a place where two types of soil meet: sandy soil and marine clay. The sandy soil p ...

and

Noordwijkerhout Noordwijkerhout () is a town and former municipality in the western part of the Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The town is currently part of the municipality of Noordwijk and lies in the bulb-growing region (the Duin- en Bollenstre ...

Biography

Polman entered politics at a young age, he worked as a civil servant at the

Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations ( nl, link=no, Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties; BZK) is the Netherlands' ministry responsible for domestic policy, civil service, public administration, elections, loca ...

from 1986 until 2000, he was only twenty-three at the time. He served as a municipal councillor in

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from 12 April 1994 to 1 December 2001. He also served as Director of Welfare in

Vlaardingen Vlaardingen () is a city in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is located on the north bank of the Nieuwe Maas river at the confluence with the Oude Maas. The municipality administers an area of , of which is land, with residents in . Geogr ...

from 2000 to 1 December 2001, when he became

(former municipality since 2019). Upon his appointment, he was the youngest mayor in the Netherlands, at the age of thirty-eight. In 2005 he left

when he was selected as Mayor of

. On 1 March 2013, he succeeded

Karla Peijs Karla Maria Henriëtte Peijs (born 1 September 1944) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the ...

as the Queen's Commissioner (from 30 April 2013: King's Commissioner) of

Zeeland , nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge") , anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem") , image_map = Zeeland in the Netherlands.svg , map_alt = , m ...

. Polman is married and has four children.Han Polman (51) opvolger van Peijs als Zeeuwse commissaris van de Koningin
Zeeland.blog.nl, 3 December 2012

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Drs. J.M.M. (Han) Polman
Parlement.com 1963 births Living people 20th-century Dutch civil servants 21st-century Dutch civil servants 21st-century Dutch politicians Democrats 66 politicians King's and Queen's Commissioners of Zeeland Mayors in South Holland Mayors of Bergen op Zoom Municipal councillors of The Hague People from Noordwijkerhout People from Ootmarsum University of Twente alumni {{Netherlands-mayor-stub