Pieter Vink (Delfzijl, May 23, 1927 - The Hague, August 28, 2002) was the governor and the mayor of The Hague. His portfolio contained youth, sports, recreation and culture.
After the Second World War, Vink was a radiotelegraphist for the Royal Navy for some years. In 1953 he married Zwaantje Brouwer and went to live in Appingedam. He was employed by the PTT and active in the PvdA and the civil service union ABVA. In 1960 he moved to The Hague and became a member of the city council in 1964. In 1970, he became a member of the PvdA District Council of Youth, Sport and Recreation, a portfolio that he would retain his entire active career, alternately with others.
In 1972, the realization of skating center De Uithof, as an important achievement in its function of wethouder Sport, is the case. A year earlier he was the initiator of the merger between football clubs ADO and Holland Sport. His voting behavior in the College of B. and W. blocked the realization of the Koekamp loop, a controversial tram viaduct at The Hague Central Station in the late 1970s.
Look fellow in The Hague great popularity. As a judge of Youth, Sport and Recreation, he was the symbol of construction work, neighborhoods, sports associations and other "fun things for the people." He appeared in that role frequently in the local newspapers. In 1983 he was appointed Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion.
At his farewell to active politics in 1986 he became Honorary Citizen of The Hague. From that time on, he took office, in administrative or advisory capacity, for dozens of Hague social organizations. The Goudvink association, named Vink, founded by socially-feeling Hague entrepreneurs, annually awards a distinction to people who have long earned merit in the Hague community life.
The archive of Piet Vink is housed in the Hague Municipal Archive. After his death, the sports hall Piet Vink was named after him in the Hague district of Ypenburg. In the Huijgens Park, a bank was reminded in 2003.
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