{"id":173,"date":"2021-10-26T11:20:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T11:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/provinciegroningen\/?post_type=people-type&#038;p=173"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:03:58","slug":"jurgen-elshof","status":"publish","type":"people-type","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/provinciegroningen\/mensen\/jurgen-elshof\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurgen Elshof"},"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-jurgen-elshof7707\"  data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Jurgen Elshof\" >\n\tJurgen Elshof<\/h1>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--110 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--60 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--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-video\">\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"block-video__video-wrapper\"\n\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/d66.nl\/provinciegroningen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/350\/2021\/10\/D66_Suikerterrein_dec2023-62.jpg')\"\n\t>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-video__caption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-video__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--small paragraph__weight--medium\">\n\t\t<b>Jurgen Elshof<\/b> <i>&#045;<\/i> Beeld: Wendy Bruins\t<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\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\tRegiovoorzitter\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-jurgen5132\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Over Jurgen\">\n\tOver Jurgen<\/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<li><label>Leeftijd<\/label><span>53 jaar<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><label>Woonplaats<\/label><span>Groningen<\/span><\/li>\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 Jurgen een <a href=\"mailto:jurgenelshof@gmail.com\">e-mail<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"people-bullet-point-card__border\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__socialmedia\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"people-bullet-point-card__sm_panel\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jurgenelshof\" target=\"_blank\">Tw<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jurgenelshof\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ig<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jurgenelshof.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\">Bs<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jurgenelshof\/\" target=\"_blank\">Li<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default\">\n\t\tMet mijn kenmerkende enthousiasme zet ik me de komende periode graag in voor Groningen. We leven namelijk in de mooiste provincie om te wonen, werken en een bijdrage aan te leveren. Ik heb geluk gehad dat mijn ouders in 1989 het besluit hebben genomen om naar Blijham te verhuizen. Dat heeft ons leven verrijkt en blikveld verruimd. Hoezo stugge Groningers?<br><br>Ik zie Groningen als de provincie die met haar diversiteit in het landschap, bedrijven en mensen de toekomst met trots tegemoet kan zien. We kunnen niet achterover leunen en passief afwachten. Er zijn altijd kansen die we met z&#8217;n allen moeten signaleren, naar ons toe moeten trekken en moeten verzilveren. Met kennis op het gebied van arbeid en economie zal ik bijdragen aan initiatieven om de economie verder te versterken en de arbeidsmarkt te stimuleren.<br><br>Mijn ideaal is dat Groningen veel minder afhankelijk wordt van Den Haag omdat we met z\u2019n allen onze mooie provincie met stappen vooruit hebben geholpen. Dat we de provincie zodanig hebben versterkt dat wij zelf onze keuzes kunnen maken. Dat vraagt om lef en visie richting de toekomst en dat vind ik terug in de ambitie en het programma dat D66 Provincie Groningen heeft voor de komende jaren.<br><br>Ik kies dus voor de toekomst. Een toekomst waarin zoveel mogelijk Groningers voordeel hebben van samenwerking met andere delen van ons land en onze Europese buren. Hoe denkt u daarover?<br><br>Priv\u00e9 geniet ik iedere keer weer van Stad en Ommeland: de gezelligheid, cultuur en steeds beter wordende fietsinfrastructuur. Daar mogen we allen trots op zijn en dat moeten we zo goed mogelijk onderhouden en ontwikkelen.<br><br>Mocht u nog vragen hebben of meer informatie willen over mij en mijn drijfveren? Ik sta u graag te woord.\t<\/p><div class=\"content-accordion js-content-accordion\" data-accordion-opened=\"0\">\n\n\t\n\t<button id=\"content-accordion-trigger-1901882143\" class=\"content-accordion__trigger js-content-accordion-trigger\" aria-label=\"Functie historie\" aria-controls>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__heading\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading   heading__size--medium heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-functie-historie9019\">\n\tFunctie historie<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/button>\n\n\t<section id=\"content-accordion-panel-1901882143\" class=\"content-accordion__panel js-content-accordion-panel\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"content-accordion-trigger-1901882143\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__description\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"content-accordion lists content-accordion__lists lists__weight--medium lists__color--black lists__type--default\"><li><label>2019-2020<\/label><span>Commissielid D66 Provincie Groningen<\/span><\/li><li><label>2020-2023<\/label><span>Statenlid D66 Provincie Groningen<\/span><\/li><li><label>2025-heden<\/label><span>Regiovoorzitter D66 Provincie Groningen<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"content-accordion__border\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":3469,"menu_order":2,"template":"","search-tags":[],"labels":[],"division-tags":[30,38],"class_list":["post-173","people-type","type-people-type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","division-tags-provinciale-staten","division-tags-regiobestuur"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D66 Provincie Groningen &#8212; Onze mensen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jurgen Elshof is sinds 2023 steunfractielid van D66 in de Provinciale Staten van Groningen. 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