Bas Eenhoorn

Bas Eenhoorn
Eenhoorn in 2015
Mayor of Amstelveen
In office
1 October 2017 – 28 May 2019
Acting
Preceded byMirjam van 't Veld
Succeeded byTjapko Poppens
Mayor of Vlaardingen
In office
1 January 2014 – 1 August 2014
Acting
Preceded byTjerk Bruinsma
Succeeded byBert Blase (ad interim)
Mayor of Alphen aan den Rijn
In office
10 December 2010 – 1 January 2012
Acting
Preceded byWim de Gelder
Succeeded byTjerk Bruinsma (ad interim)
Mayor of Kaag en Braassem
In office
1 January 2009 – 30 March 2010
Acting
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMarina van der Velde-Menting
Mayor of Lansingerland
In office
1 January 2007 – 18 September 2007
Acting
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byEwald van Vliet
Chairman of the People's Party
for Freedom and Democracy
In office
28 May 1999 – 28 November 2003
LeaderHans Dijkstal (1999–2002)
Gerrit Zalm (2002–2003)
Preceded byWillem Hoekzema
Succeeded byJan van Zanen
Mayor of Voorburg
In office
1 January 1983 – 1 January 1996
Preceded byElly den Haan-Groen
Succeeded byWim van Willigenburg
(Ad interim)
Mayor of Schiermonnikoog
In office
30 April 1976 – 1 January 1983
Preceded byKornelis Oosterhuis
Succeeded byHans Boekhoven
Personal details
Born
Herman Bastiaan Eenhoorn

(1946-09-14) 14 September 1946 (age 78)
Groningen, Netherlands
Political partyPeople's Party for
Freedom and Democracy

(from 1973)
Spouse
Anke van Burgeler
(m. 1972)
Children2 children
Residence(s)Wassenaar, Netherlands
Alma materUniversity of Groningen
(Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Management consultant · Geographer · Urban planner · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Trade association executive · Media administrator · Academic administrator
Website(in Dutch) baseenhoorn.nl

Herman Bastiaan "Bas" Eenhoorn (born 14 September 1946) is a Dutch politician and management consultant. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he was party chair from 1999 until 2003.

Eenhoorn served as Mayor of Schiermonnikoog (1976–1983), Voorburg (1983–1996), as well as Acting Mayor of Lansingerland (2007), Kaag en Braassem (2009–2010), Alphen aan den Rijn (2010–2012), Vlaardingen (2014) and Amstelveen (2017–2019).[1] He became well known after giving press conferences in his function as acting mayor after the Alphen aan den Rijn shopping mall shooting on 9 April 2011.[2] He studied social and economic geography with a specialisation in public administration at the University of Groningen.

  1. ^ (in Dutch) Waarnemend burgemeester Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Announcement on the official site of Alphen aan den Rijn. (Retrieved April 2011)
  2. ^ News Report from the Associated Press