Jan Reehorst (born 21 March 1923) is a Dutch former politician. Reehorst became a member of the Labour Party in 1946. From 1953 until 1973, he was member of the

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of Rotterdam. Between 1956 and 1967, he was a member of the

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. In 1973, he became

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Velsen Velsen () is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is located on both sides of the North Sea Canal. On the north side of the North Sea Canal there is a major steel plant, Tata Steel IJmuiden, formerly known a ...

and from 1977 till 1984 he was mayor of

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 ...

. In 2013, he received the ''Willem Drees-penning'' award for 65 years of continuous membership of the Labour Party. In 2016, Reehorst's work as mayor of Haarlem was part of an exhibition on Haarlem's mayors at Museum Haarlem, which also included former mayors

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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 ...

and

Bernt Schneiders Bernard Bram "Bernt" Schneiders (born 2 April 1959 in Breukelen) is a Dutch politician who is a member of the Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) and. From July 2006 until September 2016 he was mayor of Haarlem. Career Schneiders studied law and worked ...

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Biography of Jan Reehorst
Parlement.com 1923 births Living people Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians Municipal councillors of Rotterdam Mayors of Haarlem Mayors in North Holland People from Velsen {{Netherlands-mayor-stub