Johannes Marcellus Maria "Han" Polman (born 16 January 1963) is a Dutch politician of the

Democrats 66 Democrats 66 (; D66) is a social liberal and progressive political party in the Netherlands, which is positioned on the centre to centre-left of the political spectrum. It is a member of the Liberal International (LI) and the Alliance of Li ...

(D66) party. He served as King's Commissioner of

Zeeland Zeeland (; ), historically known in English by the Endonym and exonym, exonym Zealand, is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the southwest of the country, borders North Brabant to the east ...

from 1 March 2013 until 16 September 2024. Previously he was

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Bergen op Zoom Bergen op Zoom (; called ''Berrege'' in the Brabantian dialect, local dialect) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in southwestern Netherlands. It is located in the Province ...

and

Noordwijkerhout Noordwijkerhout () is a town and former municipality in the western part of the Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The town is currently part of the municipality of Noordwijk and lies in the bulb-growing region (the Duin- en Bollenstree ...

Biography

Polman entered politics at a young age, he worked as a civil servant at the

Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (; BZK) is the Ministries of the Netherlands, Netherlands' ministry responsible for domestic policy, civil service, public administration, elections, relations with local governments, intelligen ...

from 1986 until 2000, he was only twenty-three at the time. He served as a municipal councillor in

The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

from 12 April 1994 to 1 December 2001. He also served as Director of Welfare in

Vlaardingen Vlaardingen () is a large town and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is located on the north bank of the Nieuwe Maas river at the confluence with the Oude Maas. The municipality admin ...

from 2000 to 1 December 2001, when he became

(former municipality since 2019). Upon his appointment, he was the youngest mayor in the Netherlands, at the age of thirty-eight. In 2005 he left

when he was selected as Mayor of

. On 1 March 2013, he succeeded Karla Peijs as the Queen's Commissioner (from 30 April 2013:

King's Commissioner A King's commissioner (, ''CvdK'') is the head of government and legislature in a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands. When the List of monarchs of the Netherlands, reigning monarch is a woman, the title is Queen's commission ...

) of

. Polman is married and has four children.Han Polman (51) opvolger van Peijs als Zeeuwse commissaris van de Koningin
Zeeland.blog.nl, 3 December 2012

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Drs. J.M.M. (Han) Polman
Parlement.com 1963 births Living people 20th-century Dutch civil servants 21st-century Dutch civil servants 21st-century Dutch politicians Democrats 66 politicians King's and Queen's Commissioners of Zeeland Mayors in South Holland Mayors of Bergen op Zoom Municipal councillors of The Hague People from Noordwijkerhout People from Ootmarsum University of Twente alumni {{Netherlands-mayor-stub