Bram Peper
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| Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations | |
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| Prime Minister | Wim Kok |
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| Succeeded by | Roger van Boxtel (ad interim) |
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| Preceded by | Hans Mentink (ad interim) |
| Succeeded by | Hans Simons (ad interim) |
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| Born | Abraham Peper Script error: No such module "person date". Haarlem, Netherlands |
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| Party | Labour Party (from 1966) |
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| Children | 4 |
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Abraham "Bram" Peper (13 February 1940 – 20 August 2022)[2] was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).
Early life
After finishing the Hogere Burgerschool, Peper studied social sciences at the University of Amsterdam until 1965, and economy and sociology at the University of Oslo (1963–1964) and got his PhD at the Nederlandse Economische Hogeschool (Currently Erasmus University Rotterdam) in 1972.
Career
Peper became a researcher, and fulfilled several academic functions, including professor at the Erasmus University until he became Mayor of Rotterdam in 1982 at the age of 42. Rotterdam is the second largest city of the Netherlands, and Peper was one of the youngest mayors of a large city at the time.
In 1984, an interview with Peper and his wife with Ischa Meijer was published in Vrij Nederland, a Dutch magazine, in which Peper was critical of citizens and rulers. The interview was perceived as arrogant, and seemed to be made while Peper was in a drunk condition. Peper made his apologies, and soon after he and his wife divorced.
While Peper was mayor, the city completed its process of rebuilding after World War II, which resulted in a new skyline for Rotterdam. In the second half of his mayorship, Peper had a tough time with for instance his defeat on the formation of a city province (90% of the voters in a referendum were against). Peper was mayor until 1998, when he joined the government as Minister of the Interior of the Netherlands in the second Kok cabinet.
Starting in 1999, rumours were spreading that Peper had made incorrect declarations while he was mayor of Rotterdam. On 13 March 2000 Peper resigned as minister, according to himself to no longer bring problems to the public government, and to be better able to defend himself.[3] Although a report on 17 March suggested that Peper did not act properly regarding the declarations, Peper won the legal procedures finally two years later.
Later life and death
From 2002 to 2004, Peper was professor at the Nyenrode Business University, a private university, from which he resigned due to a disagreement regarding a study trip to the European Union in Brussels.
Peper died on 20 August 2022, at the age of 82.[4][5]
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| File:Order of Orange-Nassau ribbon - Officer.svg | Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 30 April 2003 | |
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Oud-burgemeester Rotterdam Bram Peper (82) overleden". 20 August 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Voormalig burgemeester en oud-minister Bram Peper (82) overleden". 20 August 2022.
- ^ Interview in Vrij Nederland, 12 July 2003 (Dutch)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Oud-burgemeester van Rotterdam Bram Peper (82) overleden" (in Nederlands). 20 August 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bram Peper (82) overleden, 'Er zal altijd een Rotterdam voor en na zijn tijd zijn'" (in Nederlands). 20 August 2022. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
External links
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