Han Polman

Han Polman
King's Commissioner of Zeeland
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 March 2013
Preceded byKarla Peijs
Mayor of Bergen op Zoom
In office
16 May 2005 – 1 March 2013
Preceded byDick de Cloe (Acting)
Succeeded byDick de Cloe (Acting)
Mayor of Noordwijkerhout
In office
1 December 2001 – 16 May 2005
Preceded byIrma Günther (Acting)
Succeeded byIrma Günther (Acting)
Member of the municipal council of The Hague
In office
12 April 1994 – 1 December 2001
Personal details
Born
Johannes Marcellus Maria Polman

(1963-01-16) 16 January 1963 (age 61)
Ootmarsum, Netherlands
Political partyDemocrats 66
SpouseMarried
Children4 children
Residence(s)Middelburg, Netherlands
Alma materUniversity of Twente (Bachelor of Public Administration, Master of Public Administration)
OccupationPolitician
Civil servant

Johannes Marcellus Maria "Han" Polman (born 16 January 1963) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party. He has been the King's Commissioner of Zeeland since 1 March 2013. Previously he was Mayor of Bergen op Zoom and Noordwijkerhout.[1]

Biography

Polman entered politics at a young age, he worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations from 1986 until 2000, he was only twenty-three at the time. He served as a municipal councillor in The Hague from 12 April 1994 to 1 December 2001. He also served as Director of Welfare in Vlaardingen from 2000 to 1 December 2001, when he became Mayor of Noordwijkerhout (former municipality since 2019). Upon his appointment, he was the youngest mayor in the Netherlands, at the age of thirty-eight. In 2005 he left Noordwijkerhout when he was selected as Mayor of Bergen op Zoom. On 1 March 2013, he succeeded Karla Peijs as the Queen's Commissioner (from 30 April 2013: King's Commissioner) of Zeeland.[2]

Polman is married and has four children.[3]

References

  1. ^ (in Dutch) Ministerraad benoemt Han Polman tot nieuwe commissaris van de koningin, Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant, 7 December 2012
  2. ^ (in Dutch) Han Polman nieuwe commissaris in Zeeland, Algemeen Dagblad, 3 December 2012
  3. ^ (in Dutch) Han Polman (51) opvolger van Peijs als Zeeuwse commissaris van de Koningin, Zeeland.blog.nl, 3 December 2012
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Noordwijkerhout
2001–2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Mayor of Bergen op Zoom
2005–2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded by King's Commissioner of Zeeland
2013–present 		Incumbent


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