Emile Gerardus Maria Roemer is a Dutch politician serving as King's Commissioner of Limburg since December 2021. A member of the Socialist Party (SP), he was its leader and parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives from 5 March 2010 until 13 December 2017. Roemer served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2006 until 2018, as acting Mayor of Heerlen from 2018 to 2020, and as acting mayor of Alkmaar from 2020 to 2021.
Emile Roemer
The King's commissioner is the head of a province in the Netherlands. The officeholder chairs both the States Provincial and the Provincial Executive, but has a right to vote only in the latter. When the reigning monarch is a female, the office is known as Queen's commissioner. As there are twelve provinces in the Netherlands, there are twelve King's commissioners.
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