Background
Weerwind was born in Amsterdam, of Surinamese descent.
Weerwind was born in Amsterdam, of Surinamese descent.
He has been the Mayor of Almere since September 2015. He grew up in Nieuw-Vennep, and followed his studies in Public Administration at Leiden in 1987, where he joined the student association. At the same time as the then Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.
In 2000, he became deputy city manager of Leiderdorp and a year later he became city manager of Wormerland.
In late 2004, he was appointed mayor of the municipality of Niedorp and from September 16, 2009 until 2015 he was the mayor of Velsen. Since September 2015, he is the mayor of Almere.