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Bertus Coops (27 September 1874 – 1 December 1966) was a Dutch statesman who served as the mayor of Bandung twice from 1920–1921 and again from 1928–1934.

Early life
Coops was born in Doesburg, Gelderland Province, Netherlands on 27 September 1874. He was the ninth child of Fredrik Coops (1833–1886) and Johanna Gerharda van der Meij (1836–1876).

Career
Coops began to be registered as a Dutch East Indies colonial employee in 1894, as an administrative employee. Since March 26 1898, he was appointed as the first commissioner in the Department of Binnelands Bestuur. Two years later, in 1900, Coops was transferred to Sukabumi as “adspirant controleur”.

Since 7 August 1906, Bertus was controller in Limbangan. That same year he went on leave to the Netherlands. In 1909, Bertus was appointed as police controller in Semarang ( De Indische courant, 5 July 1928) and resident secretary of Semarang from 8 April 1911. After briefly serving as assistant resident in Limbangan (Garut), on 29 October 1913, Bertus was assigned to become assistant resident Bandung.

Personal Life
On 18 March 1902, in Sukabumi, Coops married Elisabeth Philippina Everdina Roelofs.They had two children, Johanna Catharina and Willem Albert. Coops died at Prins Mauritslaan, The Hague, on 12 January 1966.