Education
Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Erasmus University Rotterdam.
He focused on matters of traffic, public transport and internal affairs Since 1 September 2012 he has been mayor of Zoetermeer. Aptroot was elected into the House of Representatives in the general election of 2003.
In 2010 he contested in the election for Speaker of the House of Representatives, but was defeated by incumbent Speaker Gerdi Verbeet.
He was a Member of the House of Representatives from 30 January 2003 to 19 September 2012. In the past Aptroot was a member of the municipal council of Wassenaar from 1982 to 1998 and an alderman of the same municipality from 1990 to 1996. He was also a member of the States of South Holland from 1999 to 2003.
