Ferd Crone

{{short description|Dutch politician (born 1954)}}

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Drs. Ferdinandus Johannes Maria Crone (born 19 July 1954) is a Dutch politician. He was born in Dordrecht in 1954.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eerstekamer.nl/persoon/drs_f_j_m_crone_pvda|title=Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal - Drs. F.J.M. Crone (PvdA)|website=www.eerstekamer.nl|access-date=2020-02-07}} On 15 November 2007 he became Mayor of Leeuwarden.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2014/06/13/crone-wordt-burgemeester-van-leeuwarden|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408122304/https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2014/06/13/crone-wordt-burgemeester-van-leeuwarden|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-04-08|title=Crone wordt burgemeester van Leeuwarden {{!}} Nieuwsbericht {{!}} Rijksoverheid.nl|date=2016-04-08|access-date=2020-02-07}} He remained mayor until 26 of August 2019 when he was succeeded by Sybrand van Haersma Buma. As of February 2020 he is a member of the Senate.

He was made a knight of the Order of Orange Nassau on 15 November 2007.