Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland explained

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.

Decorations

Ribbon bar !! Honour !! Country !! Date !! Comment
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands LionNetherlands26 October 1981
Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-NassauNetherlands1 January 1998Elevated from Commander (30 April 1985)

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oud-minister Beelaerts van Blokland overleden.