Overzicht
Evert Sickens van Veen was een Nederlands politicus van de CHU en van 1946 tot 1967 burgemeester van de gemeente Aalten.
He was born the son of Jan van Veen (1855–1917; a farmer) and Matje Prins (1867–1943). He attended the gymnasium but suffered from health problems and left the school prematurely to undergo a health cure in Switzerland. After subsequently working in the agricultural sector in France for a period, he returned to the Netherlands in 1926. He became an unpaid apprentice (volontair) at the municipality of Schoonebeek, and in mid-1930 he was appointed as an administrative officer at the town clerk’s office of the municipality of Stad Hardenberg. Two years later, he transferred to the municipality of Gramsbergen, where he rose to the position of chief administrative officer.
Op 25 maart 1931 trouwde Evert Sickens van Veen in Oosterhout (NB) met Johanna Jacoba Strating.
In late 1937, Van Veen was appointed Mayor of Nijeveen. In September 1943, he went on sick leave, at which point the Mayor of Meppel, Geert Wisman, also became acting Mayor of Nijeveen. Early in 1944, Van Veen was dismissed, but he later returned to his post as Mayor of Nijeveen. Furthermore, in late 1945, he served as acting Mayor of Ruinerwold for several months.
In 1946 werd Van Veen benoemd tot burgemeester van Aalten als opvolger van burgemeester Monnik. Van Veen ging daar in november 1967 met pensioen en overleed in 1976 op 73-jarige leeftijd. Hij ligt begraven op Berkenhove.
Van Veen werd als burgemeester van Aalten opgevolgd door mr. Hendrik Hieltje Hans Haverkamp.