Diederik Boer

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Diederik Boer
Alexander Van der Bellen 2016 cropped.jpg
President of Pomeroon
Assumed office
25 November 2015
Preceded byRuud van Eyck
Minister of Justice
In office
15 April 2013 – 18 November 2015
Prime MinisterDirk Borst
Preceded byJohannes Press
Succeeded byKatelijne Amos
Minister for the Interior
In office
4 December 1998 – 21 January 2005
PresidentBram van Houten
Preceded byJob Spiker
Succeeded byGerhard ter Beek
Minister for Health
In office
3 February 1996 – 4 December 1998
LeaderBram van Houten
Preceded byClemens van Ogtrop
Succeeded bySusanna Alders
Minister for Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries
In office
28 March 1993 – 3 February 1996
Preceded byReinier Akkermans
Succeeded byServaas Kloet
Member of the Volksraad
In office
21 January 2005 – 15 April 2013
In office
8 March 1985 – 28 March 1993
Personal details
Born
Diederik Boer

(1947-02-01) 1 February 1947 (age 77)
Stabroek, Pomeroon
Political partyNational Democratic Party
SpouseMadelijn Marle
Children3

Diederik Boer (born 1 February 1947) is a Pomeroonian politician currently serving as the 7th and current President of Pomeroon.

Boer began his career as trade union representative in the public service. He was elected to the Volksraad (parliament) as a member of the centre-left National Democratic Party in 1985 and was promoted to Minister for Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries in 1993. His commitment to, and pragmatism in, the role saw him promoted again to the senior Cabinet position of Minister for the Interior in 1998. Boer returned to the Volksraad while the NDP was in opposition from 2005. Upon the NDP's returned to government in 2013, Boer was appointed Minister for Justice.

Long touted as a future presidential candidate, Boer won the NDP's nomination process and went on to win the 2015 presidential election by a comfortable majority in the second, run-off round. He was re-elected in the first-round of the 2020 presidential election.