member_of_political_party haijo apotheker
Harm Haijo Apotheker ( born 5 June 1950 , Loppersum ) is a Dutch politician for the Democraten 66 party . He was mayor of several Dutch townships , including Leeuwarden . From 1998 to 1999 Apotheker was Minister of Agriculture in the Second Kok cabinet , but he could n ' t find his way in the national political arena . He resigned in 1999 and returned to his familiar position as mayor in various townships . Apotheker became acting mayor of Sneek in 2010 , which went up in the new township of Súdwest - Fryslân in 2011 . As mayor of that township , he blindly signed a forged multimillion - euro contract for a residential construction project in Sneek . This caused the township to pay 7 million euro more than expected . The Second Kok cabinet , also called the Second Purple cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch government from 3 August 1998 until 22 July 2002 . The cabinet was formed by the political parties ___MASK85___ ( PvdA ), People ' s ___MASK74___ and Democracy ( VVD ) and the ___MASK97___ ( D66 ) after the Dutch general election of 1998 . The cabinet was a majority cabinet in the House of Representatives . ___MASK97___ ( D66 ; official name : " Politieke Partij Democraten 66 ") ( or ) is a social - ___MASK3___ and progressive political party in the Netherlands . The People ' s ___MASK74___ and Democracy ( VVD ) ( is a conservative - liberal political party in the Netherlands .