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Jan Reehorst

Dutch politician (1923–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jan Reehorst
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Jan Reehorst (21 March 1923 – 4 June 2024) was a Dutch politician.

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Life and career

Reehorst became a member of the Labour Party in 1946. From 1953 until 1973, he was member of the municipal council of Rotterdam.[1] Between 1956 and 1967, he was a member of the House of Representatives. In 1973, he became mayor of Velsen and from 1977 till 1984 he was mayor of Haarlem.[1]

In 2013, he received the Willem Drees-penning award for 65 years of continuous membership of the Labour Party.[2] In 2016, Reehorst's work as mayor of Haarlem was part of an exhibition on Haarlem's mayors at Museum Haarlem, which also included former mayors Elisabeth Schmitz, Jaap Pop and Bernt Schneiders.[1]

Reehorst turned 100 in March 2023,[3] and died in Haarlem on 4 June 2024, at the age of 101.[4][5]

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