Roelof Cornelis (Roel) Robbertsen (born 6 October 1948 in

Renswoude Renswoude () is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Renswoude, June 2015'' Notable people * Jan Hendrik Waszink (1908–1990) a Dutch La ...

) is a Dutch politician and pig farmer. He is a member of the

Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. It was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolution ...

(''Christen-Democratisch Appèl''). From 1 June 2007 until 7 June 2013 he was Queen's Commissioner of the province of

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...

. Robbersen was a member of the

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of Renswoude from 1978 to 1990 and also an

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of this Utrecht municipality from 1979 to 1990. From 1991 to 2002 he was a member of the States-Provincial and from 1995 to 2002 a member of the States Deputed of the province of Utrecht. From 2002 to 2007 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 ...

of Ede. Roel Robbertsen is married and a member of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN).

References

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Parlement.com biography

External links

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Queen's Commissioner Roel Robbersen
Province of Utrecht website 1948 births Living people Aldermen in Utrecht (province) Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Dutch bloggers Dutch farmers King's and Queen's Commissioners of Utrecht Mayors in Gelderland People from Ede, Netherlands Members of the Provincial Council of Utrecht Members of the Provincial-Executive of Utrecht Municipal councillors in Utrecht (province) People from Renswoude Protestant Church Christians from the Netherlands {{Netherlands-CDA-politician-stub