Tilburg mayor announces resignation over too high work pressure

Theo Weterings (66) will step down as mayor of Tilburg on 31 August. He will then have been mayor of the Brabant city for almost eight years. He will not complete his term of office, which was supposed to last until 2029. He says he feels the intensity of his work and increasingly sees the long working weeks as a limitation. He is taking off the chain of office so that he will have "time and space for joint activities in the coming years" with h…

After 43 years, mayor Theo Weterings (66) of Tilburg has had enough. He is quitting the board and is choosing his private life. He will say goodbye on 31 August. There are other things in life, he thinks: "Now I am making the choice together with my wife to give priority to our grandchild." Around New Year's Eve, he and his wife decided to stop. The long working weeks, the intensity of his work, it is breaking Weterings, he confesses in his lett…

Tilburg mayor announces resignation over too high work pressure

The Mayor of Tilburg, Theo Weterings, is quitting the position as of August 31. The 66-year-old is seeing the “intensity of the job and the long work weeks as more of a limitation,” he wrote in a letter addressed to the residents of Tilburg on Tuesday. "Given my age and the desire to have time and space in the coming years for joint activities with my wife that bring us pleasure and happiness in life, I have asked His Majesty the King to grant m…

Theo Weterings (66) is stepping down as mayor of Tilburg, the city where he was born and raised. His last working day will be on Sunday 31 August after having been mayor for just under eight years. Before he leaves, we will list five different facts about Theo. Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next A real Tilburger The mayor was born and raised in our city. When he was installed in Poppodium 013 on 28 November 2017, he said that moment felt like co…

Theo Weterings, the mayor of Tilburg, will resign from his duties as of August 31. The 66-year-old mayor increasingly experiences "the intensity of the work and the long working weeks as a limitation," he wrote in a letter to the residents of Tilburg on Tuesday.

The mayor's term actually ran until 2029, after he was sworn in again two years ago. He also writes that his age plays a role. "I want to have time and space for joint activities that bring us pleasure and happiness in the coming years, together with my wife." 43 years in politics Weterings started in Tilburg politics more than forty years ago, as a council member in Tilburg. He then traveled the country and held various positions in both local …