Ko Wierenga | |
Office: | Mayor of Enschede |
Term Start: | September 1977 |
Term End: | April 1994 |
Predecessor: | Auke Johannes Vleer |
Successor: | Jan Mans |
Birth Date: | 6 March 1933 |
Birth Place: | Borger, Netherlands |
Death Date: | 21 September 2013 |
Death Place: | Enschede, Netherlands |
Party: | Labour Party (PvdA) |
Heiko "Ko" Wierenga (6 March 1933 – 21 September 2013) was a Dutch politician and member of the Labour Party (PvdA). He served as the Mayor of the municipality of Enschede from September 1977 until April 1994.[1] Under Wierenga, artwork by, called , was installed near Enschede's town hall in 1984.[2]
Prior to becoming Mayor, Wierenga served in the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1977.[3] He then worked for the Centraal Bureau voor de Arbeidsvoorziening as leaving the mayor's office in 1994.[2]
Wierenga was honored as a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion on 29 April 1987.[4]
Ko Wierenga died on 21 September 2013 at the age of 80.[1]