Jan Dijkstra (14 April 1910, Lemmer – 22 November 1993) was a Dutch politician. He was a member of the

Christelijk-Historische Unie 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 ...

. For a few months in 1945, he was mayor of Wonseradeel. In December 1945, he succeeded Kornelis van der Vlis and 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 ...

and he served in that position until his retirement in May 1975. Dijkstra was succeeded by

Jaap Pop Jacobus Johannes Hermanus (Jaap) Pop (born 23 June 1941, Alphen aan den Rijn) 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 Alphen aan den Rijn. His father is Herm ...

as mayor of Franeker. Dijkstra married Trijntje Hornstra in 1934 and they had three children. Within the local community Dijkstra's nickname was Jan Skoen.

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* 1910 births 1993 deaths Mayors in Friesland People from Franeker {{Netherlands-mayor-stub