Bas Eenhoorn

{{Short description|Dutch politician and management consultant}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix =

|name = Bas Eenhoorn

|image = Bas Eenhoorn (Nationaal Commissaris Digitale Overheid) bij het Symposium Actieve Openbaarheid 03 (cropped).jpg

|imagesize = 250px

|caption = Eenhoorn in 2015

|office = Mayor of Amstelveen

|term_start = 1 October 2017

|term_end = 28 May 2019
Acting

|predecessor = Mirjam van 't Veld

|successor = Tjapko Poppens

|office1 = Mayor of Vlaardingen

|term_start1 = 1 January 2014

|term_end1 = 1 August 2014
Acting

|predecessor1 = Tjerk Bruinsma

|successor1 = Bert Blase (ad interim)

|office2 = Mayor of Alphen aan den Rijn

|term_start2 = 10 December 2010

|term_end2 = 1 January 2012
Acting

|predecessor2 = Wim de Gelder

|successor2 = Tjerk Bruinsma (ad interim)

|office3 = Mayor of Kaag en Braassem

|term_start3 = 1 January 2009

|term_end3 = 30 March 2010
Acting

|predecessor3 = Office established

|successor3 = Marina van der Velde-Menting

|office4 = Mayor of Lansingerland

|term_start4 = 1 January 2007

|term_end4 = 18 September 2007
Acting

|predecessor4 = Office established

|successor4 = Ewald van Vliet

|office5 = Chairman of the People's Party
for Freedom and Democracy

|term_start5 = 28 May 1999

|term_end5 = 28 November 2003

|leader5 = Hans Dijkstal (1999–2002)
Gerrit Zalm (2002–2003)

|predecessor5 = Willem Hoekzema

|successor5 = Jan van Zanen

|office6 = Mayor of Voorburg

|term_start6 = 1 January 1983

|term_end6 = 1 January 1996

|predecessor6 = Elly den Haan-Groen

|successor6 = Wim van Willigenburg
(Ad interim)

|office7 = Mayor of Schiermonnikoog

|term_start7 = 30 April 1976

|term_end7 = 1 January 1983

|predecessor7 = Kornelis Oosterhuis

|successor7 = Hans Boekhoven

|birthname = Herman Bastiaan Eenhoorn

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1946|09|14}}

|birth_place = Groningen, Netherlands

|death_date =

|death_place =

|nationality = Dutch

|party = People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
(from 1973)

|spouse = {{marriage|Anke van Burgeler|1972}}

|children = 2 children

|residence = Wassenaar, Netherlands

|alma_mater = University of Groningen
(Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science)

|occupation = Politician · Civil servant · Management consultant · Geographer · Urban planner · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Trade association executive · Media administrator · Academic administrator

|signature =

|website = {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.baseenhoorn.nl/ 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).{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.alphenaandenrijn.nl/smartsite.shtml?ch=INT&id=76269 Waarnemend burgemeester] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719062259/http://www.alphenaandenrijn.nl/smartsite.shtml?ch=INT&id=76269 |date=July 19, 2011 }} Announcement on the official site of Alphen aan den Rijn. (Retrieved April 2011) 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.[http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/contact/Article_2011-04-09-EU-Netherlands-Mall-Shooting/id-ec81b87b589048f4a76878a218f914e1 News Report] from the Associated Press He studied social and economic geography with a specialisation in public administration at the University of Groningen.