Roelf de Boer explained

Roelf de Boer
Office:Deputy Prime Minister
Term Start:22 July 2002
Term End:27 May 2003
Alongside:Johan Remkes
Primeminister:Jan Peter Balkenende
Predecessor:Eduard Bomhoff
Successor:Gerrit Zalm
Office1:Transport and
Water Management
Term Start1:22 July 2002
Term End1:27 May 2003
Primeminister1:Jan Peter Balkenende
Predecessor1:Tineke Netelenbos
Successor1:Karla Peijs
Birth Date:1949 9, df=y
Birth Place:Rotterdam, Netherlands
Nationality:Dutch
Party:Pim Fortuyn List (2002–2003)
Otherparty:VVD
Occupation:Public administrator, politician, businessman

Roelf Hendrik de Boer (born 9 October 1949) is a retired Dutch politician and businessman who was a member the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) and briefly served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003.

Biography

De Boer served as a reservist in the Dutch navy before becoming a businessman. He worked for the Nedlloyd shipping company and then as the president of the European Waterways Transport (EWT). He was a member of the VVD before joining the LPF. de Boer served as part of the first Balkenende cabinet as minister for Transport and Water Management and later as Deputy Prime Minister following the resignation of Eduard Bomhoff.[1] During his time in politics, he campaigned for the prices of rail tickets to be lowered and for smaller fines for mild speeding offenses.[2]

Following the collapse of the first Balkenende cabinet, he returned to working as a public administrator for Royal Dutch Transport (KNV) and as chairman for the Value8 business investment group. He attempted a return to politics in 2006 by standing for the municipal elections in Rotterdam, but resigned due to health problems.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Liang, Christina Schori. Europe for the Europeans: the foreign and security policy of the populist radical right. 25 September 2011. 2007. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. 978-0-7546-4851-2. 212–.
  2. http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/nieuws/archief/article/detail/1775117/2003/02/05/De-Boer-schrijft-aan-NS-Rechtszaak-over-prijs-kaartje.dhtml De Boer schrijft aan NS:Rechtszaak over prijs kaartje
  3. http://www.elsevier.nl/Politiek/nieuws/2007/4/Roelf-de-Boer-stopt-als-wethouder-Rotterdam-ELSEVIER119553W/ "Roelf de Boer stopt als wethouder Rotterdam"