Mayor Of Amsterdam
Below is a list of Burgomaster, mayors of Amsterdam (Dutch language, Dutch: ''burgemeesters''), capital of the Netherlands. The city had four burgomasters, serving four years. Since 1389 the mayors were elected on 1 February. In the 17th and 18th century, a new mayor was elected by his colleagues (co-option), but his appointment had to be approved by the stadtholder. In 1824, it was decided only one person could govern the cities of The Hague and Amsterdam at a time. Mayors of Dutch municipalities are appointed by the municipal council after the acceptance of the King's Commissioner of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province. 14th century * (1383) – Jacob Coppenszn 15th century * (1413–1416) – Paul Oosterloo * (1413, 1416) – Franke van der Vorm * (1413–1414, 1416) – Timan Heyntgen Dircxsz * (1413, 1416, 1417) – Etienne van Empel (mayor), Atienne van Empel * (1413, 1415) – Sander Oosterom * (1414) – Hillebrand Vechtersz * (1414) – Claes Simon Kysersz * (1415 ...
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Femke Halsema
Femke Halsema (; born 25 April 1966) is a Dutch politician and filmmaker serving as Mayor of Amsterdam since 2018. She is the first woman to hold the position on a non-interim basis. She previously was a member of the House of Representatives for the leftist green party, GroenLinks from 1998 to 2011, and served as the party's parliamentary leader from 2002 to 2010. Early life Family background Halsema was born in 1966 in Haarlem, the Netherlands, in a Dutch Social democracy, social democratic family. They moved to Enschede, a town in the east of the Netherlands, close to the German border (Twente). Her father W. Halsema was a sport teacher and director of the municipal service for physical education, sport and recreation (Dienst lichamelijke opvoeding, sport en recreatie) of Enschede. For a long time, from 1982 until 1994, her mother Olga Halsema-Fles was an Alderman, alderwoman responsible for social affairs and employment for the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (Pv ...
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Hillebrand Vechtersz
Hillebrand is a surname, with variants such as Hillebrandt and Hillebrant: Hillebrand * Art Hillebrand ( 1878–1941), American football player *Candîce Hillebrand, South African-born singer-songwriter *Harold Newcomb Hillebrand, (1887–1953), American Professor for literature and theatre * Homer Hillebrand (1879–1974), American baseball player * Jerry Hillebrand (born 1940) American football player *Karl Hillebrand (1829–1884), German author *Nikolaus Hillebrand (born 1948), German bass-baritone * Paul Hillebrand, musician * R. E. Hillebrand, baseball player *William Hillebrand (1821–1886), botanist and physician *William Francis Hillebrand (1853–1925), German-American chemist See also * Hilbrand {{surname German-language surnames ...
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Willem Reynersz
Willem () is a Dutch and West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, Guillaume in French, Guilherme in Portuguese, Guillermo in Spanish and Wilhelm in German. Nicknames that are derived from Willem are Jelle, Pim, Willie, Willy and Wim. Given name * Willem I (1772–1843), King of the Netherlands * Willem II (1792–1849), King of the Netherlands * Willem III (1817–1890), King of the Netherlands * Willem of the Netherlands (1840–1879), Dutch prince *Willem-Alexander (b. 1967), King of the Netherlands *Willem Aantjes (1923–2015), Dutch politician *Willem Adelaar (b. 1948), Dutch linguist *Willem Andriessen (1887–1964), Dutch pianist and composer *Willem Arondeus (1894–1943), Dutch artist and author, WWII Resistance member *Willem Barentsz (ca. 1550–1597), Dutch navigator and explorer *Willem Vict ...
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Dirck Rollant
Dirck is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Dirck Barendsz (1534–1592), Dutch Renaissance painter from Amsterdam *Dirck Bleker (1621–1702), Dutch Golden Age painter *Dirck Coornhert (1522–1590), Dutch writer, philosopher, translator, politician and theologian *Dirck Cornelis de Hooch (1613–1651), 17th-century Dutch portrait painter *Dirck de Bray (1635–1694), Dutch Golden Age painter * Dirck Ferreris (1639–1693), Dutch Golden Age painter *Dirck Gerritsz Pomp (1544–1608), Dutch sailor, the first known Dutchman to visit Japan *Dirck Hals (1591–1656), Dutch painter of festivals and ballroom scenes *Dirck Halstead, (born 1936), photojournalist, and editor and publisher of ''The Digital Journalist'' *Dirck Helmbreker (1633–1696), Dutch Golden Age painter of Italianate landscapes * Dirck Jacobsz. (1496–1567), Dutch Renaissance painter *Dirck Pesser (1585–1651), Dutch brewer from Rotterdam *Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop (1610–1682), Dutch cartograph ...
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Servaes Roeloffz
Servaes can refer to: * Albert Servaes (1883–1966), Belgian expressionist painter * Dagny Servaes (1894–1961), German-Austrian stage and film actress * Gil Servaes (born 1988), Belgian football player * Michiel Servaes (1972), Dutch politician * Reginald Servaes (1893-1978), vice admiral of the British Royal Navy * Servaes de Koninck Servaes de Koninck, or Servaes de Konink, Servaas de Koninck or Servaas de Konink, or Servaes de Coninck (1653/54 – c.1701) was a Flemish baroque composer of motets, Dutch songs, chamber and incidental music, French airs and Italian cantatas. ...

Joost Pietersz
Joost () was an Internet TV service, created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis (founders of Skype and Kazaa). During 2007–2008 Joost used peer-to-peer TV (P2PTV) technology to distribute content to their Mozilla-based desktop player; in late 2008 this was migrated to use a Flash-based Web player instead. Joost began development in 2006. Working under the code name "The Venice Project", Zennström and Friis assembled teams of some 150 software developers in about six cities around the world, including New York City, London, Leiden and Toulouse. According to Zennström at a 25 July 2007 press conference about Skype held in Tallinn, Estonia, Joost had signed up more than a million beta testers, and its launch was scheduled for the end of 2007. The team signed up with Warner Music, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Productions (Indianapolis 500, IndyCar Series) and production company Endemol for the beta.Orlowski, Andrew (17 January 2007)Joost – the new, new TV thing.''The Regist ...
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Jan Arentsz
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * ''Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a m ...
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Franck Willem Jansz
Franck can refer to: People * Franck (name) Other * Franck, Argentina, town in Santa Fe Province, Argentina * Franck (company), Croatian coffee and snacks company * Franck (crater), Lunar crater named after James Franck See also * Franc (other) * Franks * Frank (other) * Frankie (other) * Frankel, Frankl Frankl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ludwig August von Frankl (1810–1894), Austrian writer and philanthropist * Michal Frankl (born 1974), Czech historian * Nicholas Frankl (born 1971), British-Hungarian entrepreneur ...

Willem Gartman
Willem () is a Dutch and West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, Guillaume in French, Guilherme in Portuguese, Guillermo in Spanish and Wilhelm in German. Nicknames that are derived from Willem are Jelle, Pim, Willie, Willy and Wim. Given name * Willem I (1772–1843), King of the Netherlands * Willem II (1792–1849), King of the Netherlands * Willem III (1817–1890), King of the Netherlands * Willem of the Netherlands (1840–1879), Dutch prince *Willem-Alexander (b. 1967), King of the Netherlands *Willem Aantjes (1923–2015), Dutch politician *Willem Adelaar (b. 1948), Dutch linguist *Willem Andriessen (1887–1964), Dutch pianist and composer *Willem Arondeus (1894–1943), Dutch artist and author, WWII Resistance member *Willem Barentsz (ca. 1550–1597), Dutch navigator and explorer *Willem Vict ...
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Groote Pieter
Groote is a Dutch surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Geert Groote (1340–1384), Dutch Roman Catholic deacon and theologian *Jan Friso Groote (born 1965), Dutch computer scientist *Matthias Groote (born 1973), German politician See also *De Groote *De Groot De Groot () is a surname of Dutch origin. Translating as "the great/big/large/tall" it originated as a nickname for a big or tall person.Dutch-language surnames ...
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