Sybrand van Haersma Buma

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Sybrand van Haersma Buma at an EPP congress in Helsinki (2018)
With CSU politician Manfred Weber (2018)

Sybrand van Haersma Buma (born July 30, 1965 in Workum ) is a Dutch politician from the Christian Democratic Appèl (CDA).

Life

Van Haersma Buma studied law at the University of Groningen and at the University of Cambridge . After completing his studies, he worked as a lawyer in the Raad van State and in the Ministry of the Interior.

On January 2nd, 2002 he joined the council of Leidschendam-Voorburg . He held this position until June 1 of the same year when he switched from local politics to national politics. From May 23, 2002 to May 29, 2019 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the States General . From October 12, 2010 to May 21, 2019, he was also chairman of the parliamentary group and from June 30, 2012 to May 21, 2019, he was also party chairman of the Christian Democratic Appèl.

In May 2019 Van Haersma Buma was proposed as the new mayor by the Leeuwarden municipal council . He took over the post from his predecessor, Ferd Crone ( PvdA ), and was appointed to his post during an unscheduled council meeting in the Grote Kerk in Leeuwarden on August 26 of the same year.

Private

Van Haersma Buma grew up in the Frisian town of Sneek and belongs to a respected family from Friesland . Both his father and his grandfather were mayors in this province and one of his ancestors was mayor of Leeuwarden as early as 1813. One of his grandmothers comes from a Jewish family from Würzburg .

He speaks moderate Frisian , drove the Elfstedentocht in 1986 and is a member of the Dutch Reformed Church .

Sybrand Buma, who often leaves out the first part of his surname, is married to Marijke Geertsema, a legal advisor. They have a son and a daughter together.

Web links

Commons : Sybrand van Haersma Buma  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Van Haersma Buma wil CDA suffer gaan - 'serieuze kanshebber' , nrc.next , April 27, 2012
  2. ^ Zander Lamme: Buma nieuwe burgemeester van Leeuwarden. In: De Telegraaf . Telegraaf Media Groep, May 17, 2019, accessed May 21, 2019 (Dutch).
  3. Burgemeester Buma maandag geïnstalleerd in Grote Kerk. In: Leeuwarder Courant . NDC mediagroep, August 20, 2019, accessed August 26, 2019 (Dutch).
  4. Buma hoefde over Leeuwarden niet lang te twijfelen , Leeuwarder Courant , May 17, 2019