Provincial Council

The Provincial Council is the democratically elected Parliament of Fryslân. 43 Members of the Provincial Council represent 12 political parties. FNP currently has four seats; below you find more information about our Members of the Provincial Council. 

The citizens of Fryslân elect the Members of the Provincial Council. Elections take place once every four years. 

The Provincial Council has three main tasks:

• representing the citizens of Fryslân
• determining the policy framework for the administration (Provincial Executive)
• scrutinising the work of the Provincial Executive 

The Members of the Provincial Council have another important task: they elect the Members of the Dutch Senate in The Hague. 

Sijbe Knol

Member of the Provincial Council, Group Chair

Portfolio

• Programme 1, Governance & Safety
• Programme 3, Language, Culture & Education,
  including membership Council Committee on Frisian Language
• Programme 11, Spatial Planning, Housing and Heritage
• Programme 14, International Affairs & Kingdom Relations 
• Member of Support Group OSF

Place: Sint Annaparochie / Sint-Anne

E-mail: s.knolfryslan.frl

Telephone: +31 (0) 6 - 3094 4415 

Wopke Veenstra

Member of the Provincial Council

Portfolio:

• Programme 7, Traffic and Mobility
• Programme 8, Water
• Programme 9, Nature, Agriculture & Mining
• Programme 13, Regional Development & Quality of Life (Streekwurk)
• Member of Support Group OSF

Place: Boelenslaan / Boelensloane

E-mail: w.veenstrafryslan.frl

Telephone: +31 (0) 6 - 133 737 29 

Sybren Posthumus

Member of the Provincial Council

Portfolio:

• Programme 2, Economy, Recreation & Tourism
• Programme 5, Europe,
  including membership Platform Europe 
• Programme 6, Budget, 
  including membership Audit Committee

Place: Reduzum

E-mail: s.posthumusfryslan.frl

Telephone: +31 (0) 6 - 302 266 84 

Rein van der Wal

Member of the Provincial Council

Portfolio:

• Programme 4, Sports, Social Policy & Health
• Programme 10, Environment & Sustainable Energy
• Programme 12, Regional Strategy on Spatial Planning and the Environment

Place: Surhuisterveen / Surhústerfean

E-mail: r.vanderwalfryslan.frl

Telephone: +31 (0) 6 - 159 122 31 

Thom Feddema

First Deputy Member / Committee Member

Place: Raard

E-mail: t.feddemafryslan.frl

Telephone: +31 (0) 6 - 3179 5791 

Staff

The FNP Members of the Provincial Council are supported by two staff members who work at the office of the FNP Group in the Fryslân Province House.

The staff supports the Members of the Provincial Council both with expertise and in organising the activities of the FNP Group. Although both staff members provide advice to the Members in a wide variety of areas, in practice there is a division into the policy fields that are discussed within the Provincial Council.  

Yde Dijkstra

Policy advisor

Policy fields:

• Language, Culture & Education
• Economy, Recreation & Tourism
• Budget, Europe
• Sports, Social Policy and Health

Place: Leeuwarden / Ljouwert 

E-mail: y.dijkstrafryslan.frl

Telephone: +31 (0) 58 - 292 5803 / +31 (0) 6 - 519 834 49

Frank de Boer

Policy advisor

Policy fields:

• Regional Strategy on Spatial Planning and the Environment, Environment & Sustainable Energy
• Spatial Planning, Housing
• Traffic & Mobility
• Water, Nature, Agriculture & Mining

Place: Leeuwarden / Ljouwert 

E-mail: f.deboerfryslan.frl  

Telephone: +31 (0) 58 - 292 5803 / +31 (0) 6 - 516 99 853

FNP Group

Fryslân Province House 

Tweebaksmarkt 52

8911 KZ Leeuwarden / Ljouwert

The Netherlands

P.O. Box 20120

8900 HM Ljouwert

The Netherlands

Telephone: +31 (0) 58 - 292 5803

E-mail: fnpfryslan.frl