Jan Wyers

{{Short description|American politician}}

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| state_senate = Oregon

| district =6th

| term_start =January 10, 1977

| term_end=January 9, 1989

| predecessor = Loyal Lang

| successor = Dick Springer

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| party = Democratic

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|1|2}}

| birth_place = Hood River, Oregon

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| profession =attorney

| residence =Portland, Oregon

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Jan Gerbrand Wyers (born January 2, 1939), is a retired American politician who was a member of the Oregon State Senate.{{cite web|url=https://library.state.or.us/repository/2011/201101131436324/index.pdf|title=Alphabetical List of Oregon's representatives

|website=state.or.us|access-date=11 March 2024}} {{cite web|title=Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide, 1977 Regular Session (59th)|publisher=Oregon State Archives|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785340|access-date=June 19, 2016}} He also worked as an attorney.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v7eOAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Wyers,+Jan%22+AND+%221939%22|title=Oregon Blue Book|access-date=10 October 2014|year=1982}} He later served as a judge in the Multnomah County Circuit Court,{{cite news|last1=Valdez|first1=Angela|title=Running Free: Will fleeing from the cops become sound legal advice?|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-5189-running-free.html|access-date=2016-05-09|work=Willamette Week|date=January 3, 2006}} until retiring in 2006.{{cite news|last1=Madkour |first1=Stephen |title=Judges Gernant and Wyers Retire from Bench |url=http://www.mbabar.org/assets/documents/multnomah%20lawyer/ml_dec2006.pdf |work=Multnomah Lawyer |publisher=Multnomah Bar Association |date=December 2006 |page=9 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906131634/http://www.mbabar.org/assets/documents/multnomah%20lawyer/ml_dec2006.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-06 }}

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