Peter van Wijmen

Peter Cornelis Evert van Wijmen (1 September 1938 – 8 June 2015) was a Dutch lawyer, professor and politician, he served as member of the House of Representatives for the Christian Democratic Appeal between 1998 and 2002. As a lawyer he worked for the firm Van Wijmen Nouwen between 1962 and 1998. His law career continued as professor of nature preservation law at Tilburg University between 2001 and 2008. He simultaneously was member of the Council of State in extraordinary service between 2002 and 2006.

Early life and career Van Wijmen was born on 1 September 1938 in the municipality of Ginneken en Bavel, the son of W.J.I. van Wijmen, a lawyer and professor, and F.W.Th.M. Truijen. His grandfather P.W.H. Truyen served in the House of Representatives. In 1982 he earned his doctorate in jurisprudence at Utrecht University. He also dealt with justice, public housing, spatial planning, constitutional planning and environmental issues.

Apart from his work on nature preservation law at the university he also was involved at Brabants Landschap, a nature preservancy organisation in North Brabant. He was chair of the organisation between 1997 and 2005.

Personal life Van Wijmen married in 1964 and had two sons.