Freddie "Fred" Borgman (16 December 1946 – 11 May 1996) was a Dutch politician of the

Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands. It was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutiona ...

. He served as a Member of the House of Representatives between 1978 until 1990 when he became Mayor of Nijkerk, serving from 16 March 1990 until his resignation on 1 December 1994 because of an undescribed illness. Borgman died on 11 May 1996 following a battle with his undescribed illness at the age of 49.

Biography

Early life

Freddie Borgman was born on 16 December 1946 in

Aalsmeer Aalsmeer () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its name is derived from the Dutch for eel (''aal'') and lake (''meer''). Aalsmeer is bordered by the Westeinderplassen lake, the largest open water ...

in the

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of North Holland in a

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family, the son of Jan Borgman and Sybranda Jacoba de Vries. After leaving secondary school, he worked at the

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from 1966 until 1972 in the company of his father.

Politics

He was a member of the

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, from 1 September 1970 until 1 September 1982. He was an

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from 3 September 1974 until 1 April 1978 when he became a Member of the House of Representatives on 5 April 1978. He served in the

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until 16 March 1990, with two short interruptions in 1981 and 1982. He focused on matters of health and life issues and was secretary of the fraction from 1986 until 1990. On 16 March 1990 he became the

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Nijkerk Nijkerk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ''Niekark'') is a municipality and a city located in the middle of the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. Population centres Some people state that ''Groot Corlaer'' is a population centre on its own, but ...

, serving until his resignation.

Family

He married Jacoba "Cobi" Koningen on 26 September 1968 in

, they had one son and two daughters, of which one died young from a traffic accident.

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