party's leadership. On 18 May 2012 he was elected as lijsttrekker (top candidate) of the Christian Democratic Appeal by a majority of the Christian Democratic Appeal members. In the meantime he and the leaders of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the Christian Union (CU), the Democrats 66 and GroenLinks, the so-called Kunduz coalition (a budgetary agreement) for 2013. After the 2017 Dutch general election, the CDA formed the Third Rutte cabinet alongside the VVD, D66 and CU. However Van Haersma Buma remained in the House of Representatives as parliamentary leader instead of entering the government. Buma was nominated as Mayor of Leeuwarden by the city's municipal council on 16 May 2019. He was succeeded by Pieter Heerma as parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives on 21 May. On 26 August 2019 Buma was appointed Mayor of Leeuwarden. References External links Official Mr. S. (Sybrand) van Haersma Buma Parlement & Politiek Sybrand van Haersma Buma Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal |- 1965 births Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Dutch civil servants Dutch jurists Dutch members of the Dutch Reformed Church Leaders of the Christian Democratic Appeal Living people Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Municipal councillors in South Holland People from Nijefurd Protestant Church Christians from the Netherlands University of Groningen alumni 21st-century Dutch politicians Mayors of Leeuwarden