Bas Jan van Bochove

In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Bochove, not Bochove.

Bas Jan Bochove
Mayor of Weesp
Acting
In office 1 April 2014 – 24 March 2022
Preceded by	Bart Horseling
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 26 October 2010 – 19 September 2012
In office 23 May 2002 – 17 June 2010
Personal details
Born	Bastiaan Jan van Bochove (1950-10-03) 3 October 1950 Ermelo, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (since 1977)
Other political affiliations	Gemeentebelang Ermelo (1973–1975) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (1973–1974)
Relations	Married
Residence	Weesp
Alma mater	Pedagogical College Rehoboth - Utrecht (BEd)
Occupation	Politician, educator
Website	(in Dutch) Christian Democratic Appeal website

Bastiaan Jan "Bas Jan" van Bochove (born 3 October 1950) is a Dutch politician and former educator serving as Acting Mayor of Weesp since 2014. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), he was a member of the House of Representatives from 2002 to 2012 with a brief interruption in 2010. As a parliamentarian, he focused on matters of housing, Kingdom relations and education.

Biography

Career

Elected to the municipal council of Lelystad in 1982, Van Bochove presided over the party group from 1985 until 1990, when he was appointed as an alderman, a position he retained until 2002. After the 2010 general election, in which the Christian Democrats lost 20 seats, he lost his position as a member of the House of Representatives. He regained it in the following months, after parliamentarians resigned to join the First Rutte cabinet. In 2012, he left the House of Representatives. Van Bochove was the last mayor of Weesp from 2014 until the municipal merger with Amsterdam finalized on 24 March 2022. He was the longest-serving acting mayor of North Holland with a term of 95 months and 23 days.

References

• (in Dutch) Parlement.com biography