Mayor Leendert de Lange

Effective July 18, 2019, Mr. Leendert de Lange was appointed Mayor of the Municipality of Wassenaar by Royal Decree.

Portfolio Holder Governance and Security

  • Safety
  • Crime prevention (St. Halt)
  • Undermining
  • APV permits including liquor and hospitality and events
  • Rescue
  • Integral Enforcement incl. objection and appeal 
  • Other legal matters, including WOO requests
  • Official organization 
  • Organization and Project Management
  • Communications
  • Media(law)
  • Civil Affairs
  • Elections
  • Region
  • Ambassador Wassenaar
  • Asylum seekers and displaced persons

Representation in joint arrangements

  • Member of the Executive Committee and General Board of the Haaglanden Safety Region; on the Executive Committee, I oversee the Finance portfolio and focus specifically on beach safety.
    Since fall 2019, averaging 4 hours per week
  • Member of the Executive Committee and General Board of the Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region; responsible for the HRM/Organization portfolio on the Executive Committee.
    Since September 2025, averaging 4 hours per week
  • Member of the Executive Committee and General Board of the Rotterdam–The Hague Metropolitan Region.
    Since fall 2019; average time commitment: 6 hours per quarter
    The above positions are unpaid

Additional positions from the mayoralty

  • Chair of the District D Subversion Task Force, The Hague Police Unit.
    Since 2021, averaging 4 hours per month
  • Member of the RIEC/The Hague Police Unit Steering Committee.
    Since 2021, time commitment: 3 hours per quarter
  • Member of the District Police Board, The Hague District D Unit.
    Since fall 2019; average time commitment: 4 hours per quarter
  • Member of the RBO Police Unit in The Hague.
    Since fall 2019, averaging 2 hours per quarter
  • Chair of the Board of the Friends of the Wassenaar Fire Museum Foundation. Since fall 2019; average time commitment: 4 hours per year
  • Chair of the Board of the Wassenaar Relief Foundation.
    Since fall 2019, averaging 8 hours per year
  • Chair of the Ad Gloriam Pavonis Foundation.
    Since fall 2019, averaging 4 hours per year
  • Patron of the Waalsdorp Honorary Platoon.
    Since 2020, average time commitment: 4 hours per year
  • Patron of the Excelsior Wassenaar Music Association.
    Since 2020; average time commitment: 4 hours per year
  • Patron of the Oud Wassenaar Historical Society.
    Since 2020; average time commitment: 4 hours per year
    The above positions are unpaid

Ancillary positions

  • Chair of the Board of the Dutch Lifesaving Association (Royal Dutch Association for the Rescue of Drowning Persons).
    Since December 2019; average time commitment: 4 hours per week
  • Chair of the Atlantic Wall Heritage Route of the Province of South Holland.
    Since 2020: average time commitment of 8 hours per quarter
    The above additional positions are unpaid
     

General contact information

Address titleMr. drs.
InitialsL.A.
First nameLeendert
Surnamede Lange
Email addressbestuurssecretariaat@wassenaar.nl
Phone number088 - 65 49 513 
Mayor sinceJuly 18, 2019
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Portrait photo of Mayor Leendert de Lange in high resolution.