Charlie Aptroot

Dutch politician (born 1950)

Charlie Aptroot
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
30 January 2003 – 19 September 2012
Personal details
Born
Charles Bernard Aptroot

(1950-09-20) 20 September 1950 (age 73)
The Hague, Netherlands
Political partyPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy
SpouseMarried
Residence(s)Wassenaar, Netherlands
Occupation
  • Politician
  • civil servant
  • businessperson
  • teacher
Website(in Dutch) Official site

Charles Bernard Aptroot (born 20 September 1950) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He was a Member of the House of Representatives from 30 January 2003 to 19 September 2012. He focused on matters of traffic, public transport and internal affairs.[1] On 1 September 2012, he became mayor of Zoetermeer.

Aptroot was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2003 general election. In 2010, he contested the election for Speaker of the House of Representatives but was defeated by incumbent Speaker Gerdi Verbeet.[2]

In the past, Aptroot was a member of the municipal council of Wassenaar from 1982 to 1998 and an alderman of the same municipality from 1990 to 1996. He was also a member of the States of South Holland from 1999 to 2003.

From 1978 to 2001, Aptroot was together with his brother, the director of the Jonco-groep, a wholesale mercery in Rotterdam.

In March 2020, Aptroot retired as mayor of Zoetermeer.[3]

References

  • (in Dutch) Parlement.com biography
  1. ^ (in Dutch) Charlie Aptroot Archived March 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
  2. ^ (in Dutch) Twee kandidaat-voorzitters Tweede Kamer, NOS, 22 June 2010
  3. ^ "Aptroot says goodbye as mayor: "If I had known this, I would have stayed" | Inland". Archyde. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

External links

  • (in Dutch) Charlie Aptroot personal website
  • Media related to Charlie Aptroot at Wikimedia Commons
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House of Representatives, 17 June 2010 – 19 September 2012
People's Party for Freedom
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House of Representatives, 30 November 2006 – 16 June 2010
Christian Democratic Appeal
(CDA – 41)
Labour Party
(PvdA – 33)
Socialist Party
(SP – 25)
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
(VVD – 21)
Party for Freedom
(PVV – 9)
GroenLinks
(GL – 7)
Christian Union
(CU – 6)
Democrats 66
(D66 – 3)
Party for the Animals
(PvdD – 2)
Reformed Political Party
(SGP – 2)
Independent
(Lid-Verdonk – 1)
Underline signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker
Angle brackets signify a replacement member or a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives

See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012


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