Jan Dijkstra | |
Office: | Mayor of Franeker |
Term Start: | 1945 |
Term End: | 1975 |
Predecessor: | Kornelis van der Vlis |
Successor: | Jaap Pop |
Birth Date: | 14 April 1910 |
Birth Place: | Lemmer, Netherlands |
Party: | Christelijk-Historische Unie |
Spouse: | Trijntje Hornstra |
Children: | 3 |
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 and as mayor of Franeker and he served in that position until his retirement in May 1975.[1] Dijkstra was succeeded by Jaap Pop as mayor of Franeker.[2] Dijkstra married Trijntje Hornstra in 1934 and they had three children.[1] Within the local community Dijkstra's nickname was Jan Skoen.[3]