Jacobus Johannes Hermanus (Jaap) Pop (born 23 June 1941,

Alphen aan den Rijn Alphen aan den Rijn (; en, "Alphen upon Rhine" or "Alphen on the Rhine") is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The city is situated on the banks of the river Oude Rijn (Old Rhine), where the r ...

) is a former Dutch politician. Pop is a member of the Labour Party.

Early life

Pop was born as one of three sons in 1941 in

. His father is Herman Pop who was a member of the

Christian Historical Union The Christian Historical Union ( nl, Christelijk-Historische Unie, CHU) was a Protestant Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The CHU is one of the predecessors of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), into which it merged ...

party and served as mayor of Dinteloord between 1946 and 1973. Pop went on to study

jurisprudence Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and they also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of legal reasoning ...

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 Nethe ...

Career

Burgemeester Pop fotografeert premier Wim Kok bij de landelijke 1 mei-viering van de PvdA in het concertgebouw

Pop served as

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 as ...

of several cities between 1975 and 2006. Pop succeeded

Jan Dijkstra Jan Dijkstra (14 April 1910, Lemmer – 22 November 1993) was a Dutch politician. He was a member of the Christelijk-Historische Unie. For a few months in 1945, he was mayor of Wonseradeel. In December 1945, he succeeded Kornelis van der Vlis ...

as mayor of

Franeker Franeker (; fry, Frjentsjer) is one of the eleven historical cities of Friesland and capital of the municipality of Waadhoeke. It is located north of the Van Harinxmakanaal and about 20 km west of Leeuwarden. As of 1 January 2014, it had 12 ...

in 1975. In 1981 he became the mayor of

Tiel Tiel () is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands. The town is enclosed by the Waal river and the Linge river to the South and the North, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal to the East. Tiel comprises the population centres Kapel ...

and he served in that position until 1988. He was the mayor of

Alkmaar Alkmaar () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland, about 30 km north of Amsterdam. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination. The ...

between 1988 and 1995. In 1995 he succeeded

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as mayor of Haarlem. Pop retired in 2006 and he was succeeded by Bernt Schneiders as mayor of Haarlem. In 2004, he became Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. In 2008, he played the role of mayor in the film '' Ver van familie''. In 2016, Pop's work as mayor of Haarlem was part of an exhibition on Haarlem's mayors at Museum Haarlem, which also included former mayors

, Jan Reehorst and Bernt Schneiders.

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* 1941 births Living people Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians Mayors in Friesland People from Franeker Mayors in Gelderland People from Tiel Mayors of Alkmaar Mayors of Haarlem {{Netherlands-mayor-stub