P.J.J.M. (Paul) Peters (
Roosteren, 1942) is a Dutch politician of the
Catholic People's Party and later the
Christian Democratic Appeal.
He was born as the son of the head teacher and later politician
Jan Mathijs Peters. He himself was chief commissioner at the municipal secretariat in
Ede and also a municipal councilor in
Heteren before he became mayor of the
Limburg municipality of
Wijlre in November 1975, which ceased to exist on 1 January 1982 and was divided among the new municipalities of Margraten and Gulpen. In August 1981 Peters was appointed mayor of the municipality of
Belfeld and in June 1992 he was appointed mayor of
Didam. On 1 January 2005, the municipalities of Didam and
Bergh
Bergh is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The municipality included the villages of 's-Heerenberg, Zeddam, and Stokkum.
In 2005, it merged with Didam to form the new municipality of Montferland
Montferland () is ...
merged to form the new municipality
Montferland, of which Peters was acting mayor until
Ina Leppink-Schuitema succeeded him there in September 2005. From June 2006 he was acting mayor of
Lingewaard for almost a year.
In August 2010, he was one of the concerned
CDA members who, by signing a manifesto, publicly indicated that they were against the CDA's participation in a government coalition with the support of the
PVV (later the
First Rutte cabinet).
References
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1942 births
Living people
Catholic People's Party politicians
Christian Democratic Appeal politicians
People from Echt-Susteren