franssen, born, june, 1951, hilversum, dutch, politician, 1988, franssen, member, began, political, career, advisor, hans, wiegel, having, previously, worked, history, teacher, franssen, also, city, councillor, nederhorst, berg, leader, provincial, parliament,. Jan Franssen born 11 June 1951 in Hilversum is a Dutch politician Jan Franssen 1988 Franssen is a member of the VVD He began his political career as an advisor to Hans Wiegel having previously worked as a history teacher Franssen was also a city councillor of Nederhorst den Berg leader of the provincial parliament of North Holland and a member of the House of Representatives 1982 1994 From 1994 to 2000 Franssen was mayor of Zwolle Finally he was named King s Commissioner 1 in South Holland in 2000 He resigned on December 31 2013 He was made member of the Council of State of the Netherlands the next day He is the current chairman of the Interprovinciaal Overleg IPO that looks after provincial interests Franssen is openly gay 2 Jan Franssen is one of three openly gay politicians who served as King s Commissioner the other two are Clemens Cornielje and Arno Brok See also editList of openly LGBT heads of government List of the first LGBT holders of political offices List of LGBT holders of political offices in the NetherlandsExternal links editProfile at Parlement comReferences edit Nieuwjaarsspeech Commissaris van de Koningin Provincie Holland Zuie Archived from the original on 28 July 2011 Retrieved 28 November 2010 Gay amp Lesbian Leadership Institute Out Officials Archived from the original on 2011 07 25 Political officesPreceded byLoek Hermans Mayor of Zwolle1994 2000 Succeeded byHenk Jan MeijerPreceded byDavid LuteijnActing King s Commissioner of South Holland2000 2013 Succeeded byJaap Smit nbsp This article about a Dutch People s Party for Freedom and Democracy politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jan Franssen amp oldid 1216667315, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
