Paul Peters (politician)

Paul Peters
Mayor of Lingewaard
In office 2006–2007
Preceded by	Rob Persoon
Succeeded by	Harry de Vries
Mayor of Montferland
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Ina Leppink-Schuitema
Mayor of Didam
In office 1992–2005
Preceded by	Joop van Gils
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Mayor of Belfeld
In office 1981–1992
Preceded by	Piet Visschers
Succeeded by	Frans van Beeck
Mayor of Wijlre
In office 1975–1982
Preceded by	C. F. M. van Hövell tot Westervlier en Wezeveld
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	1942 Roosteren, Limburg, Netherlands
Political party	Catholic People's Party Christian Democratic Appeal

P.J.J.M. (Paul) Peters (Roosteren, 1942) is a Dutch politician of the Catholic People's Party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal.

He was born as the son of the head teacher and later politician Jan Mathijs Peters. He himself was chief commissioner at the municipal secretariat in Ede and also a municipal councilor in Heteren before he became mayor of the Limburg municipality of Wijlre in November 1975, which ceased to exist on 1 January 1982 and was divided among the new municipalities of Margraten and Gulpen. In August 1981 Peters was appointed mayor of the municipality of Belfeld and in June 1992 he was appointed mayor of Didam. On 1 January 2005, the municipalities of Didam and Bergh merged to form the new municipality Montferland, of which Peters was acting mayor until Ina Leppink-Schuitema succeeded him there in September 2005. From June 2006 he was acting mayor of Lingewaard for almost a year.

In August 2010, he was one of the concerned CDA members who, by signing a manifesto, publicly indicated that they were against the CDA's participation in a government coalition with the support of the PVV (later the First Rutte cabinet).