Jaap Kuin (56) has been mayor of Pekela for ten years. ‘With us, a person is not a file, but someone of flesh and blood’

Jaap Kuin has been mayor of Pekela for ten years. This record makes him the longest-serving mayor of the province of Groningen. The smallest municipality in Groningen fits him like a well-fitting coat. “Ambitions? For me, not everything has to be big, bigger, biggest. But we do want to add 800 homes.”

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