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2 daughters dutch 28 february 1950 apeldoorn , netherlands godefridus jan de graaf 3 15 february 2011 9 june 2015 1 october 2011 1 july january 1997 1 january 1996 16 february 1999 16 january 2014 1989 1 january 2014 2 july 2013 university of groningen -lrb- master of laws -rrb- 250px 10 28 june 2011 14 october 2010 10 june 2003 16 january february 1999 16 september 1996 1 october 1995 16 january 2015 1989 16 june 1981 1 january 2014 1 october 2013 married -lrb- since 1973 -rrb- fred de graaf , april 2011.jpg fred de graaf politician civil servant corporate director peter van der linden uri rosenthal harm bruins slot wim dijkstra den piet berkhout dirk reitsma hans goudsmit oudsten jan van zanen henk aalderink rené roosendaal , netherlands people 1976 -rrb- 's party for freedom and democracy -lrb- since acting mayor of bronckhorst president of the senate of the netherlands mayor parliamentary leader of the people 's party for freedom and of democracy in the senate of the netherlands member of the enschede senate of the netherlands mayor of apeldoorn acting mayor of acting udenhout acting mayor of helvoirt mayor of vught mayor of mayor leersum of amstelveen acting mirjam loek hermans hans esmeijer gerrit brokx -lrb- as mayor of van tilburg -rrb- hans haas -lrb- as mayor of haaren -rrb- ' iz keijzer cokkie feith-hooijer t veld henk aalderink ankie broekers-knol protestantism fred de graaf

fred de graaf

godefridus jan `` fred '' de graaf -lrb- born 28 february 1950 -rrb- is a dutch politician of the people 's party for freedom and democracy -lrb- vvd -rrb- .
he was a member of the senate from 10 june 2003 till 9 june 2015 , and has been acting mayor of enschede since 10 january 2015 .
de graaf , a civil servant by occupation , worked for the ministry of the interior from 1975 until 1981 .
he was as a member of the municipal council of voorschoten from 1978 to 1981 .
afterwards he served as mayor of leersum from 16 june 1981 until 16 january 1989 when he became mayor of vught , serving until 16 february 1999 when he became mayor of apeldoorn , serving until his resignation on 1 october 2011 .
he served as the parliamentary leader of the people 's party for freedom and democracy in the senate from 14 october 2010 until 15 february 2011 .
in the dutch senate election of 2011 , the people 's party for freedom and democracy won the most seats and de graaf was selected as next president of the senate .
de graaf announced his resignation as president of the senate of the netherlands following criticism on his neutrality ; he remained in office until ankie broekers-knol was elected as successor .
