Onno Hoes (born 5 June 1961) is a Dutch politician of the

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(VVD) and businessman. He was the acting Mayor of Haarlemmermeer from 28 November 2017 till 10 July 2019 He was Mayor of Maastricht from 1 November 2010 till 30 June 2015. From 11 March 2010 till 12 October 2014 he was also Chairman of the Dutch Center Information and Documentation Israel. Before becoming mayor of Maastricht Hoes has held several political positions. From 1992 to 2003 he was a member of the provincial parliament of

North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to ...

, from 1993 to 1998 he was also a member of the

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's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783. It is the capital of ...

, and from 2001 to 2010 he was a member of the provincial executive of North Brabant, dealing with different subjects like economic development, international relations and

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. Hoes has a partly

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background, his mother is Jewish and his father

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. He was

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to Dutch TV presenter Albert Verlinde. Actress Isa Hoes is his sister. In 2014 Onno Hoes divorced Albert Verlinde. In 2013 Hoes revealed that he had several extramarital affairs since his election as Mayor of Maastricht. The scandal played out in public leading the Maastricht city council to take a vote of confidence. Despite surviving the council vote, Onno Hoes announced his resignation as mayor of Maastricht on 10 December.Grindstad, Ingrid
"Maastricht mayor Hoes resigns amidst sex smear campaign"
'' NL Times'', Amsterdam, 10 December 2014. Retrieved on 10 December 2014. In the announcement, Hoes offered to stay on until a new mayor had been appointed.

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