Roelf de Boer

Dutch retired politician (born 1949)

Roelf de Boer
Roelf de Boer in 2002

Deputy Prime Minister
In office 22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 Serving with Johan Remkes
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Eduard Bomhoff
Succeeded by	Gerrit Zalm
Transport and Water Management
In office 22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Tineke Netelenbos
Succeeded by	Karla Peijs

Personal details
Born	(1949-09-09) 9 September 1949 (age 74) Rotterdam, Netherlands
Political party	Pim Fortuyn List (2002–2003)
Other political affiliations	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]

References

^ Liang, Christina Schori (2007). Europe for the Europeans: the foreign and security policy of the populist radical right. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 212–. ISBN 978-0-7546-4851-2. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
^ De Boer schrijft aan NS:Rechtszaak over prijs kaartje, Trouw, 5 februari 2003
^ "Roelf de Boer stopt als wethouder Rotterdam" Elsevier.nl, 13 april 2007

External links

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Deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands

v t e Ministers of Transport and Water Management of the Netherlands
Ministry of Transport and Water Management
Lely De Marez Oyens Kraus Veegens Kraus Bevers Talma Regout Lely König Van Swaay Bongaerts Van der Vegte Reymer Kalff Colijn Van Lidth de Jeude Van Buuren Van Lidth de Jeude Albarda Wijffels Tromp S. Van Schaik Vos J. Van Schaik Spitzen Wemmers Algera Witte Van Aartsen Korthals Van Aartsen Suurhoff Bogaers Suurhoff De Quay Bakker Drees Jr. Udink Westerterp Tuijnman Zeevalking Kroes Maij-Weggen Andriessen Jorritsma Netelenbos De Boer Peijs Eurlings

v t e First Balkenende cabinet (2002–2003)
Preceded by: Second Kok cabinet Succeeded by: Second Balkenende cabinet
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Eduard Bomhoff (Health, Welfare and Sport) (2002) Johan Remkes (Interior and Kingdom Relations) Roelf de Boer (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) (from 2002)
Ministers	Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (Foreign Affairs) Hans Hoogervorst (Finance) Piet Hein Donner (Justice) Herman Heinsbroek (Economic Affairs) (2002) Hans Hoogervorst (Economic Affairs) (from 2002) Benk Korthals (Defence) (2002) Henk Kamp (Defence) (from 2002) Maria van der Hoeven (Education, Culture and Science) Aart Jan de Geus (Health, Welfare and Sport) (from 2002) Cees Veerman (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) Aart Jan de Geus (Social Affairs and Employment) Henk Kamp (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Minister without portfolio	Hilbrand Nawijn (Integration and Immigration)
State secretaries	Rob Hessing (Interior and Kingdom Relations) Atzo Nicolaï (Foreign Affairs) Agnes van Ardenne (Foreign Affairs) Steven van Eijck (Finance) Joop Wijn (Economic Affairs) Cees van der Knaap (Defence) Cees van Leeuwen (Education, Culture and Science) Annette Nijs (Education, Culture and Science) Clémence Ross-van Dorp (Health, Welfare and Sport) Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Jan Odink (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) Mark Rutte (Social Affairs and Employment) Philomena Bijlhout (Social Affairs and Employment) (22 July 2002) Khee Liang Phoa (Social Affairs and Employment) (from 2002) Pieter van Geel (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

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