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FORMER MAYOR

Josan Meijers

The current mayor of the Municipality of Lingewaard since 10 July 2019 is Josan Meijers, from the labour party (PvdA). She has also served as a party chairperson.

Ms Meijers was born in 1955 in Amsterdam. She has a diploma in Orthopedagogics from Tilburg University and followed a post-doctoral course in Game Therapy at Leiden University.

Between 2007 and 2012, she was a Member of the Provincial Council of Gelderland and from 2012 to 2019 – the Provincial Executive. She has also worked for over ten years as an advisor and manager for large municipalities such as Amsterdam, Zaanstad and Utrecht and smaller ones, like Middelharnis and Nijkerk.

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