{"id":465,"date":"2022-07-14T11:57:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T11:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/west-betuwe\/?post_type=people-type&#038;p=465"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:09:39","slug":"pieter-van-zoest","status":"publish","type":"people-type","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/west-betuwe\/mensen\/pieter-van-zoest\/","title":{"rendered":"Pieter van Zoest"},"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-pieter-van-zoest263\"  data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Pieter van Zoest\" >\n\tPieter van Zoest<\/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--12 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--5 wrapper__offset-desktop--0 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\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\/west-betuwe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2023\/10\/pieter-2-scaled.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\tBeeld: Ab Donker\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\tNa mijn pensionering ben ik al ruim tien jaar actief in de politiek; eerst in de voormalige gemeente Neerijnen bij een lokale partij als burgerraadslid\/raadslid en na de fusie burgerraadslid bij D66 West Betuwe.<br>Ik wil graag van betekenis zijn voor een ander en bij onderwerpen in de gemeenteraad kan ik een stem zijn voor inwoners. Het is van belang om te weten wat er speelt, tenslotte vertegenwoordig ik de inwoners van deze gemeente.<br>\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-pieter6566\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Over Pieter\">\n\tOver Pieter<\/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>76 jaar<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t<li><label>Geboorteplaats<\/label><span>Reeuwijk<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t<li><label>Woonplaats<\/label><span>Tuil<\/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 Pieter een <a href=\"mailto:pieter.van.zoest@gemeenteraad.westbetuwe.nl\">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:\/\/facebook.com\/pieter.vanzoest\" target=\"_blank\">Fb<\/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\tMijn loopbaan is begonnen op de boerderij van mijn vader. Daar zat te weinig toekomst in en via omscholing ben ik sociaal werk gaan doen. Het sociaal beleid is dan ook mijn terrein, vooral kwetsbare inwoners hebben mijn aandacht. Daarnaast zie ik dat de biodiversiteit en klimaat erg achteruit zijn gegaan als ik dat vergelijk met mijn jonge jaren op de boerderij. Ik wil me extra inzetten voor inwoners die de achteruitgang willen stoppen voor een leefbare toekomst voor hen en hun kinderen.<br>D66 is voor mij een partij die dicht bij mijn maatschappelijke waarden staat: onderwijs voor iedereen, gelijke kansen, een duurzame samenleving en hulp voor wie het nodig heeft.<br>Een partij die gelooft <strong>dat het w\u00e9l kan.<\/strong>\t<\/p><div class=\"content-accordion js-content-accordion\" data-accordion-opened=\"0\">\n\n\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"content-accordion__border\"><\/div>\n\t\n\t<button id=\"content-accordion-trigger-1781603843\" class=\"content-accordion__trigger js-content-accordion-trigger\" aria-label=\"Expertises (portefeuilles)\" 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-expertises--portefeuilles-8131\">\n\tExpertises (portefeuilles)<\/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-1781603843\" class=\"content-accordion__panel js-content-accordion-panel\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"content-accordion-trigger-1781603843\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__description\">\n\t\t\t\tMaatschappelijk werk<br \/>\r\nAgrari\u00ebr<br \/>\r\nSociaal domein <br \/>\r\nBiodiversiteit<br \/>\r\nKlimaat\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"content-accordion__border\"><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"content-accordion js-content-accordion\" data-accordion-opened=\"0\">\n\n\t\n\t<button id=\"content-accordion-trigger-2117959366\" 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-historie4155\">\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-2117959366\" class=\"content-accordion__panel js-content-accordion-panel\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"content-accordion-trigger-2117959366\">\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-heden<\/label><span>Burgerlid West Betuwe<\/span><\/li><li><label>2018-2019<\/label><span>Raadslid Neerijnen<\/span><\/li><li><label>2015-2018<\/label><span>Burgerlid Neerijnen<\/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":1343,"featured_media":640,"menu_order":0,"template":"","search-tags":[],"labels":[],"division-tags":[29],"class_list":["post-465","people-type","type-people-type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","division-tags-steunfractie"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D66 West Betuwe &#8212; 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