Rob Bats

Jan Hendrik "Rob" Bats (born 1 April 1962 in Winterswijk) is a Dutch politician. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). From 1 May 2012 to 1 April 2013 he was mayor of Haren, Groningen. He resigned because investigations showed that he acted too late to halt or divert Project X that was happening in his town. Previously he worked as a civil servant in Sint Maarten.

Rob Bats

From 2002 to 2006, he was a member of the municipal council of Meppel. During this time he was also corporate director of the Thorbecke Academy for public administration and public management. From 2007 to 2010, he was a representative for the States Deputed of the province of Drenthe.

Rob Bats studied public administration at the University of Twente. He is married and has two sons.

References

• (in Dutch) 'Nieuwe burgemeester Bats in mei aan de slag', Algemeen Dagblad, March 2, 2012

Political offices
Preceded by Bertus Fennema (ad interim)	Mayor of Haren, Groningen 2012-2013	Succeeded by Janny Vlietstra