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{{Short description|Dutch politician (born 1949)}}
{{other uses|De Boer}}
{{family name hatnote|De Boer|Boer|lang=Dutch}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name                = Roelf de Boer
| image               = Roelf de Boer 2002 (1).jpg
| imagesize           = 
| caption             = De Boer in 2002
| office              = [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Deputy Prime Minister]]
| term_start          = 22 July 2002
| term_end            = 27 May 2003
| alongside           = [[Johan Remkes]]
| primeminister       = [[Jan Peter Balkenende]]
| predecessor         = [[Eduard Bomhoff]]
| successor           = [[Gerrit Zalm]]
| office1             = [[Ministry of Transport and Water Management (Netherlands)|Transport and <br/> Water Management]]
| term_start1         = 22 July 2002
| term_end1           = 27 May 2003
| primeminister1      = [[Jan Peter Balkenende]]
| predecessor1        = [[Tineke Netelenbos]]
| successor1          = [[Karla Peijs]]
| birthname           = 
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1949|09|09}}
| birth_place         = [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| nationality         = [[Netherlands|Dutch]]
| party               = [[Pim Fortuyn List]] <small>(2002–2003)</small>
| otherparty          = [[VVD]]
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| alma_mater          = 
| occupation          = Public administrator, politician, businessman
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}}

'''Roelf Hendrik de Boer''' (born 9 October 1949) is a retired Dutch politician and businessman who was a member the [[Pim Fortuyn List]] (LPF) and briefly served as [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Deputy Prime Minister]] from 2002 to 2003.

==Biography==
De Boer served as a reservist in the Dutch navy before becoming a businessman. He worked for the [[Nedlloyd]] shipping company and then as the president of the European Waterways Transport (EWT). He was a member of the [[VVD]] before joining the LPF. de Boer served as part of the [[first Balkenende cabinet]] as minister for Transport and Water Management and later as [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Deputy Prime Minister]] following the resignation of [[Eduard Bomhoff]].<ref name="Liang2007">{{cite book|last=Liang|first=Christina Schori|title=Europe for the Europeans: the foreign and security policy of the populist radical right|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jXR5GzqvmyYC&pg=PA212|accessdate=25 September 2011|year=2007|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-0-7546-4851-2|pages=212–}}</ref> During his time in politics, he campaigned for the prices of rail tickets to be lowered and for smaller fines for mild speeding offenses.<ref>[http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/nieuws/archief/article/detail/1775117/2003/02/05/De-Boer-schrijft-aan-NS-Rechtszaak-over-prijs-kaartje.dhtml De Boer schrijft aan NS:Rechtszaak over prijs kaartje], Trouw, 5 februari 2003</ref>

Following the collapse of the first Balkenende cabinet, he returned to working as a public administrator for Royal Dutch Transport (KNV) and as chairman for the ''Value8'' business investment group. He attempted a return to politics in 2006 by standing for the municipal elections in Rotterdam, but resigned due to health problems.<ref>[http://www.elsevier.nl/Politiek/nieuws/2007/4/Roelf-de-Boer-stopt-als-wethouder-Rotterdam-ELSEVIER119553W/ "Roelf de Boer stopt als wethouder Rotterdam"] Elsevier.nl, 13 april 2007</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Deputy Prime Ministers of the Netherlands}}
{{Ministers of Transport and Water Management of the Netherlands}}
{{First Balkenende cabinet}}
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[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Aldermen of Rotterdam]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Rotterdam]]
[[Category:Deputy prime ministers of the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Ministers of transport and water management of the Netherlands]]
[[Category:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians]]
[[Category:Pim Fortuyn List politicians]]


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