Jan Christoffel Gmelich Meijling (4 February 1936 – 2 June 2012) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and naval officer. He served as Mayor of Castricum from April 16, 1978 until June 1, 1985 when he became Mayor of Den Helder serving until August 22, 1994 when he became State Secretary for Defence in the Cabinet Kok I from August 22, 1994 until August 3, 1998.^[1]

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His Excellency Jan Gmelich Meijling
Jan Gmelich Meijling in 1997
State Secretary for Defence
In office 22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Ton Frinking
Succeeded by	Henk van Hoof
Mayor of Den Helder
In office 1 June 1985 – 22 August 1994
Preceded by	Hans de Haan
Succeeded by	Willem Hoekzema
Mayor of Castricum
In office 16 April 1978 – 1 June 1985
Preceded by	Wouter van Boxtel
Succeeded by	Koos Schouwenaar
Personal details
Born	Jan Christoffel Gmelich Meijling (1936-02-04)4 February 1936 Heemstede, Netherlands
Died	2 June 2012(2012-06-02) (aged 76) Wassenaar, Netherlands
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 1968)
Spouse	Anneke Siemens ​ (m. 1966)​
Children	3 children
Alma mater	Royal Naval College Leiden University (Bachelor of Education, Master of Education)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Naval officer · Nonprofit director · Lobbyist
Military service
Allegiance	Netherlands
Branch/service	Royal Netherlands Navy
Years of service	1960–1978 (Active duty) 1978–1986 (Reserve)
Rank	Lieutenant commander
Commands	HNLMS Bussemaker (1965–1966) HNLMS Hoogezand (1966–1970)
Battles/wars	Cold War

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