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2 unusual facts about Gerd Leers


Gerd Leers

In January 2010, he resigned from office after an affair concerning a holiday villa project in Byala, Bulgaria.

He became mayor of Maastricht in 2002, but he resigned following an affair concerning a holiday villa project in Byala, Varna Province in Bulgaria.


Drug policy of the Netherlands

In 2006, Gerd Leers, then mayor of the border city of Maastricht, on the Dutch-Belgian border, criticised the current policy as inconsistent, by recording a song with the Dutch punk rock band De Heideroosjes.


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Piet Hein Donner

It was a reply to a song by Gerd Leers, Mayor of Maastricht, (with punk band Heideroosjes), which called for a more progressive policy which would not only regulate the selling of soft drugs, but also legalise their production.