serviceyears branch death_date allegiance nationality birth_date birthname term_end alma_mater commands death_place imagesize battles term_start rank image name occupation predecessor birth_place awards party office successor primeminister article_title
1960 -- 1978 royal netherlands navy 02 june 2012 the netherlands dutch 04 february 1936 jan christoffel gmelich meijling august 1985 3 , 1998 22 august 1994 1 june leiden university -lrb- master of education -rrb- hr . ms. bussemaker hr . ms. hoogezand wassenaar , netherlands 250px cold war august 1978 22 , 1994 1 june 1985 16 april 15px lieutenant commander jan gmelich meijling 1997.jpg jan gmelich meijling politician civil servant lobbyist naval officer ton frinking hans de haan w.c.a.m. van boxtel heemstede , netherlands order of orange-nassau -lrb- knight -rrb- people 's party for freedom and democracy undersecretary castricum for defence mayor of den helder mayor of henk van hoof willem hoekzema koos schouwenaar wim kok jan gmelich meijling

jan gmelich meijling

jan christoffel gmelich meijling -lrb- 4 february 1936 -- 2 june 2012 -rrb- was a dutch politician of the people 's party for freedom and democracy -lrb- vvd -rrb- .
he served as mayor of castricum from april 16 , 1978 until june 1 , 1985 when he became mayor of den helder serving until august 22 , 1994 when he became state secretary for defence in the cabinet kok i from august 22 , 1994 until august 3 , 1998 .
