What is Sybrand van Haersma Buma?
[[File:Sybrand van Haersma Buma 2012.jpg|thumb|Sybrand van Haersma Buma]] '''Sybrand van Haersma Buma''', often just called ''Sybrand Buma'', (born July 30, [[1965]] in [[Workum]]) is a Dutch politician of the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] (CDA). He has been mayor of [[Leeuwarden]] since August 2019. He was a member of the [[Second Chamber (Netherlands)|Second Chamber]] from 2002, and also parliamentary leader from 2010 till 2019. He studied law at the [[University of Groningen]], and worked at the [[Council of State (Netherlands)|Council of State]] and as an assistant to the CDA parliamentary group before entering into politics. He is a [[Protestant]]. Furthermore, he is a descendant of the patrician [[Friesland|Frisian]] family of Buma and partly of [[Jew]]ish descent (his maternal grandmother was Jewish). Sybrand van Haersma Buma is the son of former mayor [[Bernhard van Haersma Buma]] (died in 2020). == References == * {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.parlement.com/9291000/biof/02316 Bio at Parlement.com] {{Reflist}} {{Commonscat}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Haersma Buma, Sybrand van}} [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Christian Democratic Appeal politicians]] [[Category:Dutch Calvinists]] [[Category:Dutch civil servants]] [[Category:Dutch councillors]] [[Category:Dutch jurists]] [[Category:Dutch mayors]] [[Category:Leaders of political parties in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands]] [[Category:Politicians from Friesland]]