Anne van Gent

A. H. "Anne" van Gent (1 February 1926 — October 2022) was a Dutch politician of the PvdA. He was the mayor of Zevenhuizen from 1982 to 1991. He was nationally engaged in trade promotion.

Biography

Van Gent was born on 1 February 1926 as the son of Benjamin van Gent (1887-1975; teacher) and Johanna Adriana Ververs (1883-1963). He joined the city council of Waddinxveen. He became alderman from 1973. He was responsible for Education and Sports Affairs. For the 1982 council elections he participated as party leader. Advertisements were even made with the help of an advertising plane with a slogan to vote Anne van Gent. A day after the elections it was announced he was appointed mayor of Zevenhuizen. He stopped as an alderman, but it became a national news item that Van Gent, combined his position as a councilor in Waddinxveen with the mayorship in Zevenhuizen until September of that year. Nowadays that wouldn’t be allowed.[1][2][3]

In 1991 Zevenhuizen merged with the municipality of Moerkapelle. After nine years this ended his mayorship. He moved back to Waddinxveen.[1][4]

In 2019 he moved to Gouda. He died in his sleep in Gouda in October 2022, aged 96.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Oud-burgemeester Anne van Gent (96) van Zevenhuizen overleden". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ministerie "dit is onmogelijk". Burgemeester blijft in raad van oude gemeente". Het vrije volk (in Dutch). 23 June 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
  3. ↑ "Burgemeester en raadslid tegelijk". Trouw (in Dutch). 23 June 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
  4. ↑ "92-jarige schrok zich rot: moest jaarlijks bewijzen dat ik nog leefde". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). 3 June 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

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