Pieter van Woensel

Pieter Theodoor van Woensel (born 15 September 1970 in Breda, Netherlands) is a politician and former Wethouder (alderman) in the Netherlands.

Early career He followed the HBO course in training-authorities management at the Thorbecke Academy in Leeuwarden between 1990 and 1994. He studied legal administration at the state University of Groningen. In Groningen he became involved with the foundation of a new regional political party that would stand up for the interests of students, Student en Stad. In the 1994 elections, this party won one seat in the Groningen municipal council. Pieter van Woensel becomes the first half-assistant to the party's first councillor, Marcel Beukeboom. After two years, as agreed beforehand, he followed Beukeboom as city councillor for a period of two years.