Jaap Pop

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Jaap Pop (1997)

Jacobus Johannes Hermanus (Jaap) Pop (born 23 June 1941, Alphen aan den Rijn) is a former Dutch politician. Pop is a member of the Labour Party.

Early life[]

Pop was born as one of three sons in 1941 in Alphen aan den Rijn.[1] His father is who was a member of the Christian Historical Union party and served as mayor of Dinteloord between 1946 and 1973.[1] Pop went on to study jurisprudence in Utrecht.[1]

Career[]

Mayor of Haarlem Jaap Pop and Prime Minister Wim Kok at a Labour party conference in Haarlem on 1 May 1995.

Pop served as mayor of several cities between 1975 and 2006. Pop succeeded Jan Dijkstra as mayor of Franeker in 1975. In 1981 he became the mayor of Tiel and he served in that position until 1988. He was the mayor of Alkmaar between 1988 and 1995. In 1995 he succeeded as mayor of Haarlem. Pop retired in 2006 and he was succeeded by Bernt Schneiders as mayor of Haarlem.

In 2004, he became Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.[2]

In 2008, he played the role of mayor in the film .

In 2016, Pop's work as mayor of Haarlem was part of an exhibition on Haarlem's mayors at Museum Haarlem, which also included former mayors , Jan Reehorst and Bernt Schneiders.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Jaap Pop" (in Dutch). Koninklijke HFC. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Koninklijke onderscheidingen voor Bauer en Borsato". Leidsch Dagblad. 30 April 2004. p. 22.
  3. ^ Stekelenburg, Richard (30 August 2016). "Vier decennia Haarlemse burgervaders" (in Dutch). Haarlems Dagblad. Retrieved 8 March 2019.

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