Bram Peper

(1940, Haarlem) is a former Dutch politician (Dutch Labour party). He was mayor of Rotterdam and Home Secretary. He studied social science at the University of Amsterdam. He got his Ph.D. in 1972 in political and social science with a dissertation entitled Formation of Welfare policy: Evolution and Evaluation of Community Work. He was professor of sociology at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. From 1982-1998 he was mayor of Rotterdam. In 1998 Peper became Home Secretary in the 2nd Cabinet of prime minister Wim Kok. In 2000 he resigned. From 2002 to 2004 he was professor of Public Management at Nyenrode University. Bram Peper published among other thnings: Een dolend land: Over de politieke architectuur van Nederland (oratie, 2002) and Over klefheid en lafheid: Waarheidsvinding, personalisme en consumentisme (2003).