'Frisia's oldest communist' and longest-serving councillor Rinze Visser dies at 87

Frisian politician Rinze Visser has passed away at the age of 87, the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) announced. Visser was the longest-serving municipal councillor in the Netherlands and one of the country's last communist representatives. He was first elected in 1970 as a councillor for the communist party in the municipality of Lemsterland, which later merged into De Fryske Marren. He remained a councillor for over 55 years, but decided not to stand for re-election in March this year due to failing health.