Hans Andries de Boer (born 30 May 1937) is a former Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and trade association executive. De Boer attended a Lyceum in Velsen from May 1949 until June 1955. De Boer worked as a farmworker in Velsen from May 1953 until July 1960. De Boer worked as a trade association executive for the Christian Farmers and Gardeners association (CBTB) from July 1960 until February 1972 and served as General-Secretary from August 1970 until February 1972. De Boer served on the Provincial-Council of

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 ...

from June 1966 until February 1972 and served on the

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in Velsen from April 1971 until April 1974 and served as an Alderman in Velsen from September 1971 until September 1973. De Boer became a Member of the House of Representatives after resignation of

Joop Bakker Johannes Age "Joop" Bakker (27 May 1921 – 3 October 2003) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. Bakker applied at the Erasmus Univers ...

, taking office on 16 February 1972 serving as a

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chairing the special parliamentary committee for Gambling Reforms and the special parliamentary committee for Fishing Zones Establishments and

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for

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, Media and

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. De Boer also Chairman of the Anti-Revolutionary Party from 13 December 1975 until 27 September 1980. After the election of 1977 the Christian Democratic Appeal and the

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(VVD) formed the Cabinet Van Agt-Wiegel, De Boer and several Christian Democratic Appeal Members of the House of Representatives were critical on the coalition agreement and formed an informal

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in their own

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called the '' Loyalists'' that supported the

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only with confidence and supply. After the election of 1981 De Boer was appointed as State Secretary for Culture, Recreation and Social Work the Cabinet Van Agt II, taking office on 11 September 1981. The Cabinet Van Agt II fell just seven months into its term on 12 May 1982 after months of tensions in the coalition and continued to serve in a demissionary until the first cabinet formation of 1982 when it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Van Agt III with De Boer appointed as Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work, taking office on 29 May 1982. After the election of 1982 De Boer returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 16 September 1982. De Boer took a medical leave of absence on 11 October 1982 after which Minister of Health and Environment Til Gardeniers-Berendsen served as acting Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work. Following the second cabinet formation of 1982 De Boer was not giving a cabinet post in the new

, the Cabinet Van Agt III was replaced by the Cabinet Lubbers I on 4 November 1982 and he continued to serve in the House of Representatives as a frontbencher and spokesperson for

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and Culture. In February 1983 De Boer was nominated as Mayor of Haarlemmermeer, he resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives the same day he was installed as mayor, taking office on 13 March 1983. In September 1985 De Boer was appointed as Secretary-General of the Ministry of Welfare, Health and Culture, he resigned as mayor on 1 October 1985 and was installed as secretary-general, serving from 1 January 1986 until 16 October 1995. In October 1995 De Boer was nominated as chairman of the executive board of the Hospitals association (NVZ), he resigned as secretary-general the same day he was installed as chairman on 16 October 1995. De Boer retired from active politic and became active in the

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and

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and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (

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, European Cultural Foundation, Intertrust Group

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, Max Havelaar Foundation and the World Press Photo) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (

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, Advisory Council for Spatial Planning, Environmental Assessment Agency and the Social and Economic Council).

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