Roland van Benthem (born 24 February 1968 in Emmeloord) is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. Being a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) he currently is mayor of Eemnes.
Biography
Educated as a Chartered Accountant Van Benthem worked for the Tax and Customs Administration, at the Ministry of Finance as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at the Queen's Office.
From 1994 to 2005 he was a councillor of Zeist, which is a municipality of the province of Utrecht. From 2004 to 2007 he was a member of the States-Provincial of the province of Utrecht. On 1 September 2005 he became mayor of Eemnes, which also is a municipality of the province of Utrecht.
Being homosexual he was treasurer of LGBT organization COC Nederland from 2001 to 2004.
Decorations
Member of the Order of Orange-Nassau, 2007
See also
List of Dutch politicians
References
Burgemeester Eemnes herbenoemd (update), De Gooi- en Eemlander, August 10, 2011
External links
Mayor Roland van Benthem, Municipality of Eemnes website
1968 births
Living people
People from Eemnes
People from Emmeloord
Dutch accountants
Dutch civil servants
LGBT mayors of places in the Netherlands
Gay politicians
Dutch gay men
Mayors in Utrecht (province) Municipal councillors of Zeist Members of the Provincial Council of Utrecht People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians Members of the Order of Orange-Nassau LGBT conservatism