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Rudolf Philip van den Belt (December 16, 1961, Drunen, Netherlands) is a Dutch vorstand and VVD politician. Since November 30, 2015, he has been mayor of Steenbergen.

Biography
Van den Belt, prior to his appointment to the city council, worked as a director at the municipality of Geertruidenberg. On behalf of the local party "Keerpunt 74", he was alderman and deputy mayor in this place from 2010–2014.

Effective November 30, 2015, he was appointed mayor of Steenbergen. In this position, he succeeded Saskia Bolten, who had resigned effective July 1, 2014, and was temporarily replaced by acting mayor Joseph Vos.

Van den Belt is married and has a son. Since January 2015, he was CFO and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BAF Group and also a management consultant at Beltacom Consultancy. In addition, he was a supervisory board member at Thijs Logistiek. He is an unpaid ambassador of the Ban Proteha Kerki 1846 Foundation in Aruba. A foundation dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the oldest stone reformed church (1846) in Oranjestad, Aruba.