Jaap Pop
Jacobus Johannes Hermanus "Jaap" Pop was a Dutch politician. Pop was a member of the Labour Party.
Early life
Pop was born in Alphen aan den Rijn on 23 June 1941. He was one of three sons of Herman Pop, who was a member of the Christian Historical Union party and served as mayor of Dinteloord between 1946 and 1973. Pop later studied jurisprudence in Utrecht.Career
Pop served as mayor of several cities between 1975 and 2006. He succeeded Jan Dijkstra as mayor of Franeker in 1975. In 1981, he became the mayor of Tiel, serving in that position until 1988. He then was the mayor of Alkmaar between 1988 and 1995. In 1995, he succeeded Elizabeth Schmitz as mayor of Haarlem.In 2004, he became Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. Pop retired in 2006 and was succeeded by Bernt Schneiders as mayor of Haarlem.
In 2008, he played the role of mayor in the film Ver van familie.
In 2016, Pop's work as mayor of Haarlem was part of an exhibition on Haarlem's mayors at Museum Haarlem, which also included former mayors Elizabeth Schmitz, Jan Reehorst, and Bernt Schneiders.