Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland

Jonkheer Pieter Adriaan Cornelis Beelaerts van Blokland (8 December 1932 – 22 September 2021)[1] was a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

Jonkheer Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland
Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland in 1981
Mayor of Hengelo
In office 1 January 1999 – 1 October 2000 Ad interim
Preceded by	Wolter Lemstra
Succeeded by	Frank Kerckhaert
Queen's Commissioner of Utrecht
In office 16 October 1985 – 1 January 1998
Monarch	Beatrix
Preceded by	Pieter van Dijke
Succeeded by	Boele Staal
Mayor of Apeldoorn
In office 1 September 1981 – 16 October 1985
Preceded by	Frans Dijckmeester
Succeeded by	Ton Hubers
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 10 June 1981 – 9 September 1981
Parliamentary group	Christian Democratic Appeal
Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning
In office 19 December 1977 – 1 September 1981
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Preceded by	Hans Gruijters
Succeeded by	Dany Tuijnman (Ad interim)
Mayor of Amstelveen
In office 1 January 1971 – 19 December 1977
Preceded by	Dirk Rijnders
Succeeded by	Wilhem Quarles van Ufford
Mayor of Vianen
In office 1 April 1967 – 1 January 1971
Preceded by	Govert Pellikaan
Succeeded by	Jan van Wijk
Mayor of Wolphaartsdijk
In office 1 February 1963 – 1 April 1967
Preceded by	Barend ter Haar Romeny
Succeeded by	Adriaan Hack (Ad interim)
Personal details
Born	Pieter Adriaan Cornelis Beelaerts van Blokland (1932-12-08)8 December 1932 Heerjansdam, Netherlands
Died	22 September 2021(2021-09-22) (aged 88)
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Other political affiliations	Christian Historical Union (until 1980)
Spouse	Ulrica Bentinck ​ ​ (m. 1961; died 2018)​
Children	3 children
Residence(s)	Amstelveen, Netherlands
Alma mater	Delft University of Technology (Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Urban planner · Businessman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Lobbyist

He was Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the First Van Agt cabinet from 1977 to 1981. In 1981, he was an MP. Beelaerts van Blokland was mayor of Wolphaartsdijk, Vianen, Amstelveen, Apeldoorn, and Hengelo. He was also Queen's Commissioner of the Province of Utrecht from 1985 to 1998.