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CURRENT MAYOR

Peter Heijkoop

Peter Heijkoop (1983) has been chosen to take over as the next mayor of Leiden from 19 September 2024, following a final confirmation by the King of the Netherlands.

Peter Heijkoop has extensive administrative experience. He is an alderman in Dordrecht (social affairs, public housing, primary education and finance) and deputy mayor. As a member of the VNG board, he has strongly advocated for the livelihood security of residents. From 2011 to 2016, Heijkoop was a member of the...

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FORMER MAYOR

H.J.J. Lenferink

Mr Henri J.J. Lenferink was born on 10 April 1957 in the city of Delden in the Netherlands. He attended secondary school in Hengelo, and subsequently studied History at the Catholic University of Nijmegen.  After graduating in 1984, he became a teaching assistant at the university, a post he held until 1987.

From 1987 to 1989, he worked as a freelance historian. In 1990, he was appointed Head of Sciences...

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