{"id":7346,"date":"2026-05-11T15:23:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/bestuur-organisatie\/college-van-b-en-w\/collegeleden\/burgemeester-ton-heerts\/speeches\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:31:01","slug":"speeches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/en\/college-van-b-en-w\/collegeleden\/burgemeester-ton-heerts\/speeches","title":{"rendered":"Speeches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-acfblock=\"Lijstblok-type-2\" class=\"section section--green-lighter\">\r\n  <div class=\"container\">\r\n    <div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\r\n      <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-11 elementOnTop\">\r\n        <div class=\"editor__content-block editor__white-content-block\">\r\n<div class=\"editor\">\r\n<h2>Speeches<\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<ul class=\"lb-ul__link-list two-columns\">\r\n    <li class=\"lb-ul__li\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/en\/college-van-b-en-w\/collegeleden\/burgemeester-ton-heerts\/speeches\/acceptatiespeech-18-december\" class=\"a-lb-ul__list-item\">Acceptance speech on reappointment<\/a>\r\n    <\/li>\r\n    <li class=\"lb-ul__li\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/en\/collegeleden\/burgemeester-ton-heerts\/speeches\/toespraak-15-augustus\" class=\"a-lb-ul__list-item\">Commemoration of the end of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies<\/a>\r\n    <\/li>\r\n    <li class=\"lb-ul__li\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/en\/college-van-b-en-w\/collegeleden\/burgemeester-ton-heerts\/speeches\/toespraak-4-mei-2025-oranjepark\" class=\"a-lb-ul__list-item\">Speech at the commemoration ceremony in Oranjepark on 4 May 2025<\/a>\r\n    <\/li>\r\n    <li class=\"lb-ul__li\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/en\/college-van-b-en-w\/collegeleden\/burgemeester-ton-heerts\/speeches\/toespraak-herdenking-2-oktober-1944\" class=\"a-lb-ul__list-item\">Speech at the commemoration of 2 October 1944<\/a>\r\n    <\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speeches by Mayor Ton Heerts.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":6901,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bestuur-standaard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"folder":[],"class_list":["post-7346","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Speeches burgemeester Ton Heerts | Gemeente Apeldoorn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lees de speeches van burgemeester Ton Heerts van Apeldoorn. 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