Roelf de Boer
{{Short description|Dutch politician (born 1949)}}
{{other uses|De Boer}}
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| name = Roelf de Boer
| image = Roelf de Boer 2002 (1).jpg
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| caption = De Boer in 2002
| office = Deputy Prime Minister
| term_start = 22 July 2002
| term_end = 27 May 2003
| alongside = Johan Remkes
| primeminister = Jan Peter Balkenende
| predecessor = Eduard Bomhoff
| successor = Gerrit Zalm
| office1 = Transport and
Water Management
| term_start1 = 22 July 2002
| term_end1 = 27 May 2003
| primeminister1 = Jan Peter Balkenende
| predecessor1 = Tineke Netelenbos
| successor1 = Karla Peijs
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1949|09|09}}
| birth_place = Rotterdam, Netherlands
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| nationality = Dutch
| party = Pim Fortuyn List (2002–2003)
| otherparty = VVD
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| occupation = Public administrator, politician, businessman
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Roelf Hendrik de Boer (born 9 October 1949) is a retired Dutch politician and businessman who was a member the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) and briefly served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003.
Biography
De Boer served as a reservist in the Dutch navy before becoming a businessman. He worked for the Nedlloyd shipping company and then as the president of the European Waterways Transport (EWT). He was a member of the VVD before joining the LPF. de Boer served as part of the first Balkenende cabinet as minister for Transport and Water Management and later as Deputy Prime Minister following the resignation of Eduard Bomhoff.{{cite book|last=Liang|first=Christina Schori|title=Europe for the Europeans: the foreign and security policy of the populist radical right|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jXR5GzqvmyYC&pg=PA212|accessdate=25 September 2011|year=2007|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-0-7546-4851-2|pages=212–}} During his time in politics, he campaigned for the prices of rail tickets to be lowered and for smaller fines for mild speeding offenses.[http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/nieuws/archief/article/detail/1775117/2003/02/05/De-Boer-schrijft-aan-NS-Rechtszaak-over-prijs-kaartje.dhtml De Boer schrijft aan NS:Rechtszaak over prijs kaartje], Trouw, 5 februari 2003
Following the collapse of the first Balkenende cabinet, he returned to working as a public administrator for Royal Dutch Transport (KNV) and as chairman for the Value8 business investment group. He attempted a return to politics in 2006 by standing for the municipal elections in Rotterdam, but resigned due to health problems.[http://www.elsevier.nl/Politiek/nieuws/2007/4/Roelf-de-Boer-stopt-als-wethouder-Rotterdam-ELSEVIER119553W/ "Roelf de Boer stopt als wethouder Rotterdam"] Elsevier.nl, 13 april 2007
References
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{{Deputy Prime Ministers of the Netherlands}}
{{Ministers of Transport and Water Management of the Netherlands}}
{{First Balkenende cabinet}}
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Category:Aldermen of Rotterdam
Category:Businesspeople from Rotterdam
Category:Deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands
Category:Ministers of transport and water management of the Netherlands
Category:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians
Category:Pim Fortuyn List politicians
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