Harald M. Bergmann (born 23 September 1965,

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 ...

) is a Dutch

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of the

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. Since August 27, 2012 he has been

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, capital of the province of

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. Before that, he was mayor of the municipality of

Albrandswaard Albrandswaard () is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of as of , and covers an area of of which is water. The municipality of Albrandswaard consists of the villages o ...

. After a Law study at the

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Bergmann first worked several years in the economic sector and at the municipality of

. In 2002, he was elected chairman of

Rotterdam Centrum Rotterdam Centrum () is a borough of Rotterdam. It was established on March 3, 2010. The center has 33,983 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). Rotterdam Centrum is bounded by the emplacement of the Rotterdam Centraal station, Rotterdam Centraal r ...

. His main responsibilities were safety, finance and communication. From November 2005 until August 2012 he was mayor of the municipality of Albrandswaard. In August 2012 he became mayor of the municipality of Middelburg.Harald Bergman new mayor of Middelburg (PZC)
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Harald Bergman new mayor of Middelburg (incl. video interview)
(Dutch) Bergmann married Marjolijn van Leeuwen; they have a daughter (2005) and a son (2006).

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Municipality Middelburg
1965 births Living people Dutch civil servants Leiden University alumni Mayors in South Holland People from Albrandswaard Mayors in Zeeland People from Middelburg, Zeeland Politicians from Rotterdam People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians {{Netherlands-VVD-politician-stub