Sybrand van Haersma Buma | |
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| Mayor of Leeuwarden | |
| Assumed office 26 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ferd Crone |
| Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal | |
| In office 30 June 2012 – 22 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Maxime Verhagen |
| Succeeded by | Hugo de Jonge |
| Leader of theChristian Democratic Appeal in theHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 12 October 2010 – 21 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Maxime Verhagen |
| Succeeded by | Pieter Heerma |
| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 23 May 2002 – 29 May 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sybrand van Haersma Buma (1965-07-30)30 July 1965 (age 60) |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Appeal |
| Spouse | Marijke Geertsema |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Groningen(LLB,LLM) Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge(LLM) |
Sybrand van Haersma Buma (Dutch:[ˈsibrɑntfɑnˈɦaːrsmaːˈbymaː];[a][b]West Frisian:[ˈsibrantfanˈhɛrsmaˈbyma]; born 30 July 1965) is a Dutch politician who has served asMayor of Leeuwarden since 2019.[2] Until 2019, he was a member of theHouse of Representatives from 2002 who also served as theparliamentary leader of theChristian Democratic Appeal (CDA) from 2010 and as theleader of his party from 2012.[3]
Sybrand van Haersma Buma descends from an oldpatrician family fromFriesland. He is the son ofBernard van Haersma Buma (1932–2020) who was Mayor of Workum (1962–1970) and ofSneek (1970–1993). His grandfather was Mayor ofStavoren. Both his father and grandfather belonged to theChristian Historical Union (CHU), that merged in 1980 with theCatholic People's Party (KVP) and theAnti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) to form theChristian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
Van Haersma Buma studied law at theUniversity of Groningen (1983–1989) and followed a course at theSidney Sussex College, Cambridge (1989–1990). After his study he was employed at theCouncil of State and theMinistry of the Interior.
Van Haersma Buma was the secretary of theChristian Democratic Appeal inThe Hague and a member of the executive committee of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the province ofSouth Holland in the late 1990s. From January to June 2002 he was a member of themunicipal council ofVoorburg and since May 2002 he is a member of theDutch House of Representatives. He became the party's spokesman on judicial affairs and is known for hislaw and order approach. From 2007 to 2010 he was the secretary of theChristian Democratic Appeal parliamentary group in the House of Representatives.
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Although theChristian Democratic Appeal lostthe elections of June 2010, Van Haersma Buma was re-elected. He supported his party chief,Maxime Verhagen, during the negotiations between theChristian Democratic Appeal and theconservative liberalPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) ofMark Rutte and thepopulistParty for Freedom (PVV) ofGeert Wilders which eventually resulted in aminority government of the VVD andChristian Democratic Appeal with parliamentary support of the PVV. After parliamentary leader Verhagen becameDeputy Prime Minister in the newFirst Rutte cabinet Van Haersma Buma was elected as his successor.[4]
After the fall of the cabinet, Van Haersma Buma criticised the PVV, the party responsible for the break-up of the cabinet.[5] Shortly afterwards he announced his candidacy for the party's leadership. On 18 May 2012he was elected aslijsttrekker (top candidate) of theChristian Democratic Appeal by a majority of theChristian Democratic Appeal members.[6] In the meantime he and the leaders of thePeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), theChristian Union (CU), theDemocrats 66 andGroenLinks, the so-calledKunduz coalition (a budgetary agreement) for 2013.
After the2017 Dutch general election, the CDA formed theThird Rutte cabinet alongside the VVD, D66 and CU. However Van Haersma Buma remained in the House of Representatives as parliamentary leader instead of entering the government.
Buma was nominated asMayor of Leeuwarden by the city's municipal council on 16 May 2019.[7] He was succeeded byPieter Heerma as parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives on 21 May.[8] On 26 August 2019 Buma was appointed Mayor of Leeuwarden.[9]
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| Preceded by | Leader of theChristian Democratic Appeal in theHouse of Representatives 2010–2019 | Succeeded by |
| Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal 2012–2019 | Succeeded by | |
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