Sybrand van Haersma Buma
Sybrand van Haersma Buma | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Leeuwarden | |
| Assumed office 26 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ferd Crone |
| Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal | |
| In office 30 June 2012 – 22 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Maxime Verhagen |
| Succeeded by | Hugo de Jonge |
| Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives | |
| In office 12 October 2010 – 21 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Maxime Verhagen |
| Succeeded by | Pieter Heerma |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 23 May 2002 – 29 May 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sybrand van Haersma Buma 30 July 1965 Workum, Friesland, Netherlands |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Appeal |
| Spouse | Marijke Geertsema |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Groningen (LLB, LLM) Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (LLM) |
Sybrand van Haersma Buma (Dutch: [ˈsibrɑnt fɑn ˈɦaːrsmaː ˈbymaː], West Frisian: [ˈsibrant fan ˈhɛrsma ˈbyma]; born 30 July 1965) is a Dutch politician serving as Mayor of Leeuwarden since 2019. Until 2019, he was a member of the House of Representatives from 2002 who also served as the parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) from 2010 and as the leader of his party from 2012.