Theodorus Jozef Franciscus Marie "Theo" Bovens (; born 1 October 1959) is a Dutch politician who served as the King's Commissioner of

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from 30 June 2011 until 19 April 2021. He has been acting mayor of Enschede since 2 October 2021. A member of the

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, he was a member of the

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from 1986 to 2002 and served as one of the city's aldermen from 1994 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005 he was Vice Chairman of the

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and from 2005 until 2011 he served as chairman. From 2006 to 2011 he was also a member of the

Social-Economic Council The Social and Economic Council ( Dutch: ''Sociaal-Economische Raad'', SER) is a major economic advisory council to the cabinet of the Netherlands. Formally it heads a system of sector-based regulatory organisations. It represents the social pa ...

. Bovens was born in

and studied

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Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century ...

. He is married and has a daughter.

Honours and awards

*: Knight of the

Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau ( nl, Orde van Oranje-Nassau, links=no) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has ...

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- website of the Limburg Province *: Knight of the

Order of the Holy Sepulchre The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani, links=yes, OESSH), also called Order of the Holy Sepulchre or Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, is a Catholic order of knighthood under ...

(14 April 2007)

References

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Parlement.com biography
1959 births Living people 20th-century Dutch politicians 21st-century Dutch politicians Aldermen in Limburg (Netherlands) Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Dutch Roman Catholics King's and Queen's Commissioners of Limburg Knights of the Holy Sepulchre Mayors of Enschede Municipal councillors of Maastricht Politicians from Maastricht Radboud University Nijmegen alumni {{Netherlands-CDA-politician-stub