Honorific-Prefix: | Dutch; Flemish: [[Jonkheer]] |
Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland | |
Office: | Queen's Commissioner of Utrecht |
Term Start: | 16 October 1985 |
Term End: | 1 January 1998 |
Predecessor: | Pieter van Dijke |
Successor: | Boele Staal |
Office1: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Term Start1: | 10 June 1981 |
Term End1: | 9 September 1981 |
Office2: | Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning |
Term Start2: | 19 December 1977 |
Term End2: | 1 September 1981 |
Primeminister2: | Dries van Agt |
Predecessor2: | Hans Gruijters |
Successor2: | Dany Tuijnman (ad interim) |
Office3: | Mayor of Hengelo |
Term Start3: | 1 January 1999 |
Term End3: | 1 October 2000 Ad interim |
Predecessor3: | Wolter Lemstra |
Successor3: | Frank Kerckhaert |
Office4: | Mayor of Apeldoorn |
Term Start4: | 1 September 1981 |
Term End4: | 16 October 1985 |
Predecessor4: | Frans Dijckmeester |
Successor4: | Ton Hubers |
Office5: | Mayor of Amstelveen |
Term Start5: | 1 January 1971 |
Term End5: | 19 December 1977 |
Predecessor5: | Dirk Rijnders |
Successor5: | Wilhem Quarles van Ufford |
Office6: | Mayor of Vianen |
Term Start6: | 1 April 1967 |
Term End6: | 1 January 1971 |
Predecessor6: | Govert Pellikaan |
Successor6: | Jan van Wijk |
Office7: | Mayor of Wolphaartsdijk |
Term Start7: | 1 February 1963 |
Term End7: | 1 April 1967 |
Predecessor7: | Barend ter Haar Romeny |
Successor7: | Adriaan Hack (ad interim) |
Birthname: | Pieter Adriaan Cornelis Beelaerts van Blokland |
Birth Date: | 8 December 1932 |
Birth Place: | Heerjansdam, Netherlands |
Party: | Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980) |
Otherparty: | Christian Historical Union (until 1980) |
Children: | 3 children |
Residence: | Amstelveen, Netherlands |
Alma Mater: | Delft University of Technology (Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture) |
Occupation: | Politician · Civil servant · Urban planner · Businessman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Lobbyist |
Dutch; Flemish: [[Jonkheer]] Pieter Adriaan Cornelis Beelaerts van Blokland (8 December 1932 – 22 September 2021)[1] was a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
He was Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the First Van Agt cabinet from 1977 to 1981. In 1981, he was a member of the House of Representatives. Beelaerts van Blokland was mayor of Wolphaartsdijk, Vianen, Amstelveen, Apeldoorn, and Hengelo. He was also Queen's Commissioner of Utrecht from 1985 to 1998.
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion | Netherlands | 26 October 1981 | |||
Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 1 January 1998 | Elevated from Commander (30 April 1985) |