{"id":700,"date":"2022-09-30T14:35:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T14:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/buren\/?post_type=people-type&#038;p=700"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:31:41","slug":"gijsjan-van-blokland","status":"publish","type":"people-type","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/buren\/mensen\/gijsjan-van-blokland\/","title":{"rendered":"Gijsjan van Blokland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--66 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--76  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--14 wrapper__width-desktop--20 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--4 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"heading   heading__size--giant heading__font--serif heading__weight--regular  block-heading__heading\" id=\"nav-gijsjan-van-blokland9092\"  data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Gijsjan van Blokland\" >\n\tGijsjan van Blokland<\/h1>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--20  wrapper__gutter--default\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2026\/01\/IMG_0870-819x1024.jpg\" class=\"image block-image__img\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2026\/01\/IMG_0870-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2026\/01\/IMG_0870-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2026\/01\/IMG_0870-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2026\/01\/IMG_0870-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2026\/01\/IMG_0870-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2026\/01\/IMG_0870-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image__caption-wrapper block-image__caption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image__caption block-image__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--small paragraph__weight--medium\">\n\t\tBeeld: Gijsjan van Blokland\t<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--70 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--50  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--18 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-people-introduction\">\n\t<div class=\"block-people-introduction__content\">\n\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--big\">\n\t\tDe ruimte, het prachtige landschap en de relatieve nabijheid van de randstad deden ons zo\u2019n veertig jaar geleden vanuit Amsterdam naar de dijk tussen Maurik en Eck-en-Wiel verhuizen. Na de eerste cultuurschok zijn we hier toch stevig geworteld. Ik werkte tot enkele jaren geleden als bedrijfsdirecteur bij een internationaal ingenieursbureau op het gebied van geluid, lucht en trillingen en ben nu nog steeds actief als deskundige bij de MER commissie en bestuurslid van een internationale ingenieursvereniging. Daarnaast ben ik enthousiast roeier op de Lek bij Culemborg en restaureer ik oude auto\u2019s.<br><br>Ik zie Buren als een unieke gemeente waar rust en ruimte te vinden is in het unieke rivierlandschap, het leven minder hectisch is terwijl met een ori\u00ebntatie op de Randstad dynamiek en toekomstvastheid voor de inwoners gerealiseerd kan worden. <br><br>D66 is daar bij uitstek toe in staat omdat de partij toekomstgericht is, niet alleen de economische maar ook de maatschappelijke verbetering voor ogen heeft en gewend is om over de gemeentegrenzen heen te kijken.\u00a0\t<\/p><section class=\"people-bullet-point-card block-people-introduction__people-bullet-point-card\" style=\"--bg-color: var(--global-colors-texasRose)\">\n\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__title\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading    heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-over-gijsjan-van-blokland5085\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Over Gijsjan van Blokland\">\n\tOver Gijsjan van Blokland<\/h2>\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"people-bullet-point-card__border\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__info\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"lists\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__email\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\tStuur Gijsjan van Blokland een <a href=\"mailto:gijsjan@van-blokland.nl\">e-mail<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":670,"featured_media":782,"menu_order":0,"template":"","labels":[],"search-tags":[],"division-tags":[],"class_list":["post-700","people-type","type-people-type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D66 Buren &#8212; 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