Johannes Marcellus Maria "Han" Polman (born 16 January 1963) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party. He has been the King's Commissioner of Zeeland since 1 March 2013. Previously 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 Bergen op Zoom and

Noordwijkerhout Noordwijkerhout () is a town and former municipality in the western part of the Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The town is currently part of the municipality of Noordwijk and lies in the bulb-growing region (the Duin- en Bollenst ...

Biography

Polman entered politics at a young age, he worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations from 1986 until 2000, he was only twenty-three at the time. He served as a municipal councillor in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...

from 12 April 1994 to 1 December 2001. He also served as Director of Welfare in Vlaardingen from 2000 to 1 December 2001, when he became

(former municipality since 2019). Upon his appointment, he was the youngest mayor in the Netherlands, at the age of thirty-eight. In 2005 he left

when he was selected as Mayor of Bergen op Zoom. On 1 March 2013, he succeeded

Karla Peijs Karla Maria Henriëtte Peijs (born 1 September 1944) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian democracy, Christian-democratic Li ...

as the Queen's Commissioner (from 30 April 2013: King's Commissioner) of Zeeland. Polman is married and has four children.Han Polman (51) opvolger van Peijs als Zeeuwse commissaris van de Koningin
Zeeland.blog.nl, 3 December 2012

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Drs. J.M.M. (Han) Polman
Parlement.com 1963 births Living people 20th-century Dutch civil servants 21st-century Dutch civil servants 21st-century Dutch politicians Democrats 66 politicians King's and Queen's Commissioners of Zeeland Mayors in South Holland Mayors of Bergen op Zoom Municipal councillors of The Hague People from Noordwijkerhout People from Ootmarsum University of Twente alumni {{Netherlands-mayor-stub