Henk Leenders | |
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Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands | |
In office 10 September 2014 –23 March 2017 | |
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands | |
In office 3 September 2013 –11 December 2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Elst,Netherlands | 28 January 1955
Political party | Labour Party |
Henk Leenders (born 28 January 1955) is a Dutch politician.
Leenders studied nursing at the Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital in Nijmegen between 1972 and 1976,he followed this up with a study of management at the HAN University of Applied Sciences between 1979 and 1981. He studied health sciences at Maastricht University between 1989 and 1992. [1]
He was member of the municipal council of Breda 16 March 2006 and 11 March 2010. He was a member of the States of North Brabant between 10 March 2011 and 3 October 2014,where he served as party leader. [1]
On 3 September 2013 he was installed as member of the Dutch House of Representatives as a temporary replacement for Yasemin Çegerek,who went on pregnancy leave. His temporary term lasted from 3 September until 11 December 2013. [2] [3]
He returned to the House of Representatives on 10 September 2014 when he succeeded Mariëtte Hamer who became chair of the Social-Economic Council. [4] His term in the House ended on 23 March 2017. [1]
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