H.J.J. Lenferink

Mr Henri .J.J. Lenferink was born on 10 April 1957 in the city of Delden in the Netherlands. He attended secondary school in Hengelo, and subsequently studied History at the Catholic University of Nijmegen.  After graduating in 1984, he became a teaching assistant at the university, a post he held until 1987.

From 1987 to 1989, he worked as a freelance historian. In 1990, he was appointed Head of Sciences at the IJssel Academy in Kampen, where he remained until 1994. Mr Lenferink became a member of the Arnhem City Council in 1986 and was appointed as an alderman of the city in 1994. He served as an alderman in Arnhem until 2003. 

His appointment as Mayor of Leiden on 15 May 2003 was effectuated after a referendum was held among the residents of Leiden in which he received a majority of votes. In 2009, he was re-appointed for another six years term, and this happened again in 2015.