Roelf Hendrik de Boer (born 9 October 1949) is a retired Dutch politician and businessman who was a member the

Pim Fortuyn List The Pim Fortuyn List (, LPF) was a political party in the Netherlands that existed from 2002 to 2008 at a national level and was named after its eponymous founder Pim Fortuyn, a former university professor and political columnist. The party was ...

(LPF) and briefly served as

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a Minister (government), government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to th ...

from 2002 to 2003.

Biography

De Boer served as a reservist in the Dutch navy before becoming a businessman. He worked for the

Nedlloyd Nedlloyd was a Dutch shipping company, formed in 1970 as the result of a merger of several shipping lines: *Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (SMN) *Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd (KRL) *Koninklijke Java-China-Paketvaart-Lijnen (KJCPL) *Vereen ...

shipping company and then as the president of the European Waterways Transport (EWT). He was a member of the

VVD The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( , VVD) is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands. The VVD, whose forerunner was the Freedom Party, is a party of the centre-right that tries to promote private enterprise and ...

before joining the LPF. de Boer served as part of the

first Balkenende cabinet The first Balkenende cabinet was the executive branch of the Netherlands government from 22 July 2002 until 27 May 2003. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the nationalistic Pim Fortuyn L ...

as minister for Transport and Water Management and later as

following the resignation of

Eduard Bomhoff Eduard Jan Bomhoff (born 30 September 1944) is a Dutch economist, professor and retired politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport for the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) in the first Balkenende cabinet from ...

. During his time in politics, he campaigned for the prices of rail tickets to be lowered and for smaller fines for mild speeding offenses. Following the collapse of the first Balkenende cabinet, he returned to working as a public administrator for Royal Dutch Transport (KNV) and as chairman for the ''Value8'' business investment group. He attempted a return to politics in 2006 by standing for the municipal elections in Rotterdam, but resigned due to health problems."Roelf de Boer stopt als wethouder Rotterdam"
Elsevier.nl, 13 april 2007

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* 1949 births Living people Aldermen of Rotterdam Businesspeople from Rotterdam Deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands Ministers of transport and water management of the Netherlands People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians Pim Fortuyn List politicians {{Netherlands-VVD-politician-stub