Sybrand van Haersma Buma

Sybrand van Haersma Buma
Mayor of Leeuwarden
Assumed office
26 August 2019
Preceded byFerd Crone
Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal
In office
30 June 2012 – 22 May 2019
Preceded byMaxime Verhagen
Succeeded byHugo de Jonge
Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives
In office
12 October 2010 – 21 May 2019
Preceded byMaxime Verhagen
Succeeded byPieter Heerma
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
23 May 2002 – 29 May 2019
Personal details
BornSybrand van Haersma Buma
(1965-07-30) 30 July 1965
Workum, Friesland, Netherlands
PartyChristian Democratic Appeal
SpouseMarijke Geertsema
Children2
EducationUniversity of Groningen (LLB, LLM)
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (LLM)

Sybrand van Haersma Buma (Dutch: [ˈsibrɑnt fɑn ˈɦaːrsmaː ˈbymaː]; West Frisian: [ˈsibrant fan ˈhɛrsma ˈbyma]; born 30 July 1965) is a Dutch politician who has served as Mayor of Leeuwarden since 2019. Until 2019, he was a member of the House of Representatives from 2002 who also served as the parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) from 2010 and as the leader of his party from 2012.