Peter van den Baar

P.M.J. "Peter" van den Baar (23 February 1941 – 11 March 2020) was a Dutch FC Eindhoven director, PvdA politician and was mayor of Goirle, Ootmarsum and Sas van Gent. He was mayor from 1990 until 2003.
He was an alderman in Eindhoven from 1978 until his appointment as mayor of Goirle in 1990. In 1997 he became temporary mayor of Ootmarsum which merged on 1 January 2001 in the current municipality of Dinkelland (until 1 June 2002 still called 'municipality of Denekamp'). Afterwards he became temporary mayor of Sas van Gent, which was merged with Axel into Terneuzen on 1 January 2003.
From 2005 to 2007, Van den Baar was chairman of the football club FC Eindhoven. Until his dead he was chairman of the "Henri van Abbe stichting".
Personal.
Van den Baar was born in Lieshout. He married Ria Romanesco. They had three children and seven grandchildren. Van den Baar died in Eindhoven on 11 March 2020 due to pancreatic cancer, aged 79.