{"id":6901,"date":"2026-05-11T15:23:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/bestuur-organisatie\/college-van-b-en-w\/collegeleden\/burgemeester-ton-heerts\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:42:06","slug":"mayor-ton-heerts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/en\/college-van-b-en-w\/collegeleden\/burgemeester-ton-heerts","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Ton Heerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-acfblock=\"Tekst\" class=\"section a section--green-lighter e-tekst\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col article-content__content-custom-1220 editor elementOnTop\">\r\n<p><a href=\"\/college-van-b-en-w\/collegeleden\/burgemeester-ton-heerts\/columns-burgemeester\/\">Mayor Ton Heerts writes a regular column. Why not have a read?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/college-van-b-en-w\/collegeleden\/burgemeester-ton-heerts\/speeches\/\">Speeches by Mayor Ton Heerts<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Portfolio<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Public Order and a Safe City<\/li>\n<li>Lobbying and Strategy<\/li>\n<li>International affairs<\/li>\n<li>Civil Affairs (legal section)<\/li>\n<li>Administrative coordination<\/li>\n<li>Communication and Cabinet Affairs<\/li>\n<li>City marketing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div data-acfblock=\"Afbeeldingen-enkel\" class=\"section editor section--green-lighter\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center editor__wide-image elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"col-12 col-lg-10 editor__image-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/apd24207-xxl.jpg\" alt=\" \"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\r\nTon Heerts\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div data-acfblock=\"Tekst\" class=\"section a section--green-lighter e-tekst\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col article-content__content-custom-1220 editor elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Previous roles<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\n<li>Chair of the MBO Council<\/li>\n<li>Chair of the FNV<\/li>\n<li>Director of the V-Fund<\/li>\n<li>Member of the House of Representatives<\/li>\n<li>Has held various trade union posts<\/li>\n<li>Held various posts with the Royal Military Police<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ancillary positions<\/h2>\n<p><em>The mayor\u2019s additional roles are unpaid.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair of the North and East Gelderland Safety Region (VNOG)<\/li>\n<li>Chair of the Governance and Security Committee of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG)<\/li>\n<li>Chair of the Executive Committee of the Netherlands Institute for Public Safety<\/li>\n<li>Chair of Strategic Partners, Centre for Security and Digitalisation<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer of the Financieel Gezond Nederland Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Advisory Board of the Hoge Veluwe National Park Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Secretary of the King Louis Napoleon Fund<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Advisory Committee of the Present Apeldoorn Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Honorary Chairman of the Apeldoorn Christian Men\u2019s Choir<\/li>\n<li>Community Mediation Ambassador at the Centre for Crime Prevention and Safety (CCV)<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Advisory Board of the War Graves Foundation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ton Heerts has been mayor of Apeldoorn since December 2019. 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