Rob van Gijzel

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rob van Gijzel
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jun 29, 1954(1954-06-29)
Age	70
Birthplace	Eindhoven
Country	Netherlands
Horoscope	Gemini

Rob van Gijzel Biography

Rob van Gijzel is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 29, 1954 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Rob van Gijzel was born 29 June 1954 in Eindhoven. He is a Dutch politician. He was a former MP, and mayor of Eindhoven from 8 April 2008 to 13 September 2016.

Almere hosted a conference on 21 November 2008 about inner-city marihuana problems. Van Gijzel, speaking for 33 mayors, announced that Eindhoven would start a city nursery in order to supply the soft drug to city cafes.

In addition to being a member of several local and regional boards, Van Gijzel is chairman of the ICF Foundation (New York), since 2013.

Van Gijzel ran for Eindhoven mayor in 2003 after he was considered for the alderman position. Alexander Sakkers, VVD candidate, defeated him. He and his wife Irene van Rijsewijk started Politea, a political advisory agency. He was elected deputy chairman of the National Swimming Institute Eindhoven after the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Rob van Gijzel Net Worth

Rob van Gijzel is one of the richest Politician from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rob van Gijzel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Van Gijzel joined the Jonge Socialisten as a student. In the years 1979-1982, he was the chairman of that organization. He ran for the PvdA in the election for parliament. In 1989, he was elected to the party’s parliament as a caucus spokesman for Verkeer & Waterstaat, which deals with traffic, transport, and water management. He was nicknamed Bijlmerboy after his persistent insistence on a thorough parliamentary inquiry into the aftermath of the Bijlmer crash.

Rob van Gijzel appeared on Zembla’s 9th November 2001 episode about building industry fraud. The program revealed that the Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the ministry of public works and Schiphol Airport had been defrauding them for years. The total loss was somewhere between 500 million to one billion guilders. Van Gijzel called this “the biggest fraud in The Netherlands’ history”. Van Gijzel also made comments on the building fraud on the television program NOVA that day. Ad Melkert (leader of the PvdA) was unhappy with Van Gijzel’s open comments on the matter and replaced him as the spokesperson for the building fraud. He also ordered Van Gijzel, Melkert, to handle all future commentary about the affair. Van Gijzel felt that this made him “muzzled” and made it impossible for him as an elected representative to carry out his duties. He resigned from parliament on 27 November, citing that he had not been given enough leeway to perform properly. Van Gijzel stated that Melkert was afraid that Melkert (Van Gijzel), was too hungry to face the political consequences of the building fraud scandal. Van Gijzel said that he felt the PvdA caucus was too protective of the responsible ministers. Van Gijzel was openly and repeatedly opposed to Tineke Netelenbos, PvdA Minister of Public Works and Benk Korthals for justice in the fraud case. Van Gijzel did not resign, but a parliamentary investigation was launched into the matter in August 2002.

In December 2007 Van Gijzel once again ran for mayor of Eindhoven. The citizens of Eindhoven were allowed to vote in an advisory referendum on 23 January 2008, with a choice between Van Gijzel and fellow PvdA party member Leen Verbeek. Van Gijzel received 68.5% of the vote, although the referendum was invalid due to a turnout of less than 30%. This left the advisory decision with the city council, which stuck with the outcome of the referendum and recommended Van Gijzel (with 25 out of 43 vote). The Minister of Internal Affairs followed the recommendation and Van Gijzel was installed as mayor on 7 April, succeeding interim mayor Gerrit Braks.

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Rob Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Rob van Gijzel celebrates birthday on June 29 of every year.