Gerard Ewout van Walsum (21 February 1900 – 27 July 1980) was a Dutch politician of the PvdA.Parlement.com
/ref> He was both a member of the House of Representatives and the Senate, councilor and alderman of

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...

, and mayor of

Delft Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, ...

and Rotterdam. He is most known for last one, which lasted from 1952 to 1965. Van Walsum was born in

Krimpen aan den IJssel Krimpen aan den IJssel () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of in , and covers an area of of which is water. History Krimpen is first mentioned in a docum ...

and died in Rotterdam.

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1900 births 1980 deaths 20th-century Dutch politicians Aldermen of Rotterdam Mayors in South Holland Mayors of Rotterdam Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Members of the Senate (Netherlands) Municipal councillors of Rotterdam Politicians from Delft People from Krimpen aan den IJssel Labour Party (Netherlands) MPs {{Netherlands-mayor-stub