Education
Erasmus University
Van Heemst studied law in, after which he became personal assistant to Hans Kombrink, member of parliament for the Labour Party at that time.
Erasmus University
Van Heemst studied law in, after which he became personal assistant to Hans Kombrink, member of parliament for the Labour Party at that time.
Since the municipal elections of 2006 he was the leader of the Labour Party in, until his resignation on 27 March 2014. He was also a public housing staff member for the Labour Party. In 1991 he became an Member of Parliament for the Labour Party.
After that the Dutch government withdrew the entire plan. Also in 1996 he helped create, together with fellow-townsman Benk Korthals (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratic (People's Party for Freedom and Democracy)) the "Victor-act", which obliged owners of buildings in which drugs were being sold and/or used to renovate, redevelop and re-rent such buildings on the penalty of expropriation.
In the 2003 Peter van Heemst was the only one of the Labour Party lower parliament members to oppose the compromise that the Labour Party and the Capital Development Authority agreed upon concerning the invasion of Iraq.
He insisted that the Labour Party broke off the ongoing negotiations between both parties regarding the formation of a new government. In October 2005 van Heemst was chosen by his party members to lead the Labour Party in the upcoming municipal elections in in 2006.
Other candidates were Dominic Schrijer, Matthijs van Muijen, and Bert Cremers. lieutenant was the first time that party members could directly choose their leader in a referendum.
On March 7, 2006, the Labour Party and its leader van Heemst recorded a landslide victory in In the municipal elections they recorded an increase in member seats from 11 to 18 (out of a total of 45).
This was the biggest growth in the history of the Labour Party in A coalition with Livable (Leefbaar ) (Marco Pastors" party, which received 14 member seats) was however out of the question due to Pastors" unwillingness. Therefore, van Heemst needed to create a coalition with the much smaller parties of Capital Development Authority, Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratic (People's Party for Freedom and Democracy), and GreenLeft (GroenLinks). Van Heemst himself became head of the Labour Party in the municipal council.
From 1991 to 2006 he was a member of the for the Dutch Labour Party (Labour Party). From 1978 to 1991 he was a member of the provincial parliament of South Holland for the Labour Party, and in 1987 he became a member of the provincial executive for urban renewal, recreation, nature and landscaping. When he left his post in 2006 to become leader of the Labour Party in he was the longest-sitting member of the Labour Party in the On May 16, 2006, he resigned his commission as a member of the to be able to concentrate fully on his new function.
