Emile Gerardus Maria Roemer (born 24 August 1962) is a Dutch politician serving as King's Commissioner of

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since December 2021. A member of the

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(SP), he was its

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and

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in the

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from 5 March 2010 until 13 December 2017. Roemer served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2006 until 2018, as acting Mayor of Heerlen from 2018 to 2020, and as acting mayor of Alkmaar from 2020 to 2021.

Biography

Early life

Roemer was the fourth in a family of five children. His father was the head of department for an unknown company. After finishing high school, Roemer studied to be an elementary school teacher. From 1986 until 1992, he was a teacher at an elementary school in Beuningen called 't Schrijverke. From 1992 until 2002, he was a teacher at an elementary school called De Peppels, located in his hometown

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Politics

In 1994 he was elected to the

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of Boxmeer; in 2002 he became the

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in the

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for finance. From 1980 until 2007 he was chairman of the Socialist Party in Boxmeer. In the 2006 general election, he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives for the Socialist Party. On 5 March 2010 he was elected the new party leader following the resignation of

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. On 13 March 2010 he was elected as the SP ''

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'' (top candidate) for the upcoming general election. He was again ''lijsttrekker'' in

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. In 2018, he became Acting Mayor of Heerlen. In 2020, he became Acting

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of Alkmaar. On 1 December 2021 he was installed as the new governor of the province of

Personal life

Roemer has been married to Aimée Roemer since 1986. They have two daughters together.Emile Roemer
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References

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