Commissioner of the King, Arthur van Dijk, inaugurated Rick Beukers as the mayor of Edam-Volendam on Thursday, March 27.
The appointment is for 6 years. Beukers is 35 years old and a member of the VVD.
Prior to his appointment, he had been a councilor in the municipality of Bunschoten-Spakenburg since 2018, responsible for the portfolios of finance, economic affairs, and mobility. From 2014 to 2018, he was a municipal councilor there. His political career began as a policy advisor in the House of Representatives. Before that, he was a financial advisor for 2 different companies. Beukers studied Economics at the University of Amsterdam.