page_title: Alkmaar
section_title: Public thinking & Public Service
hierarchical_section_title: Alkmaar / Notable residents / Public thinking & Public Service
caption_attribution_description: Portrait of Cornelis van der Lijn, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1645 to 1650. Part of the Governors-general series.
context_page_description: Alkmaar is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination.
context_section_description: Isaac Dorislaus (1595–1649) a Dutch Calvinist historian and lawyer 
  Jan Janse de Weltevree (1595 in De Rijp – ??) a Dutch sailor, the first Dutchman to visit Korea
  Cornelis van der Lijn (1608-1679) Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1646-1650 and elected Mayor of Alkmaar in 1668
  Bernard Nieuwentyt (1654 in West-Graftdijk – 1718) a Dutch philosopher, mathematician, physician and magistrate
  Anna Smitshuizen (1751–1775) the victim of a cause célèbre murder
  Kees Boeke (1884–1966) a Dutch reformist educator, Quaker missionary and pacifist
  Nicolette Bruining (1886–1963) a Dutch theologian, teacher and humanitarian in WWII
  Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer (1896–1978) a resistance fighter, saved Jewish children
  Cornelis Berkhouwer (1919-1992) politician, President of the European Parliament 1973-1975
  Rudi Vis (1941–2010) British Labour politician, MP 1997 to 2010
  Jaap Pop (born 1941) a former Dutch politician, Mayor of Alkmaar 1988-1995
  Sybilla Dekker (born 1942) a retired Dutch politician and businesswoman
  Ronald Bandell (1946–2015) a Dutch civil servant, politician and Mayor of Alkmaar 1995-2000
  Jos Punt (born 1946) bishop in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam
  Patrick Cammaert (born 1950) a retired Dutch general and commander of UN peacekeeping missions
caption: Cornelis van der Lijn, ca.1650
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