Jan Geersing
Dutch politician
Jan Geersing (30 July 1940 – 17 February 2021) was a Dutch politician of the Reformed Political League and later Christian Union, who served as a member of the Friesland Parliament and as Mayor of Ferwerderadeel.
Early life and career in education
Jan Geersing was born in the village of Leutingewolde, Drenthe to a mother from Friesland and a father from Drenthe. He spoke West Frisian and Dutch from early childhood and studied Latin and Ancient Greek at the University of Groningen. In the early 1960s, he was a teacher of classical languages at Grotius College Heerlen, the only Protestant high school in Limburg, Netherlands. In 1966, he became a teacher of classical languages at the Leeuwarden Christian Gymnasium, Christelijk Gymnasium Beyers Naudé. In 1981, he became its vice principal.
Political career
Counselor and Friesland Parliament Member
Geersing became politically active, initially alongside his career in education. He was chairman of the council in Ferwerderadeel. He also became chairman of the Reformed Political League (GPV) Friesland Provincial Contact Council, the body that connected local and provincial politics.
In 1978 and 1982, he was ranked 5th and 6th respectively on the provincial state elections list of the GPV in Friesland.
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