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Gerben Dijksterhuis
Netherlands
Mayor, Borsele Municipality
Description
Gerben has been Mayor of the Municipality of Borsele (https://www.borsele.nl/english) in Zeeland (the Netherlands) since 2017. The municipality has 23,000 residents and is known as an energy municipality. Large solar power plants, on- and offshore wind farms and the Netherland’s only nuclear power plant, make Borsele the electricity hub of the Netherlands. As mayor, his portfolio includes large-scale energy transition and quality of life in Borsele, duty of care under the Municipalities Act, general administration, public order and integral safety, enforcement, operational management (P&O, ICT, services), economic affairs (ports and industry) and cooperation/government and citizen participation.
Gerben is also President of the Group of European Municipalities with Nuclear Facilities in Europe (GMFEurope.org). GMF Europe is an association established in the year 2000 consisting of local elected representatives from 16 European countries hosting or interested to host different types of nuclear facilities.
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