What is Eberhard van der Laan?
[[File:Eberhard van der laan 6765 (2).jpg|thumb|Eberhard van der Laan]] '''Eberhard Edzard van der Laan''' (June 28, [[1955]] in [[Leiden]] - October 5, [[2017]] in [[Amsterdam]]) was a Dutch lawyer and politician. He was a member of the [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] (PvdA). Van der Laan was born in a [[Reformed churches|Reformed]] family, and studied law at the [[Free University Amsterdam]]. He was a member of the [[city council]] of Amsterdam from 1990 to 1998 (partly also group leader), minister of Housing, Residential Areas and Social [[Integration]] in the [[Fourth Balkenende cabinet]] from 2008 to 2010, and mayor of Amsterdam from 2010 till his death in 2017. He died of [[lung cancer]] at the age of 62. == References == * {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.parlement.com/9291000/bio/03180 www.parlement.com] {{Commonscat}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Laan, Eberhard van der}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]] [[Category:Dutch councillors]] [[Category:Dutch lawyers]] [[Category:Government ministers of the Netherlands]] [[Category:Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians]] [[Category:Mayors of Amsterdam]] [[Category:People from Leiden]] [[Category:Politicians from South Holland]]