Henk de Haan

Hendrik "Henk" de Haan (; born 8 April 1941) is a Dutch economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as member of the House of Representatives from December 1996 until November 2006, while he was a professor at the University of Groningen.

Education and academic career De Haan was born in 1941 in Nijmegen, and he attended primary school in . He went to the in Nijmegen and the in Groningen before studying economic and econometrics at the University of Groningen from 1959 until 1966. De Haan received his doctorate from KU Leuven four years later. As part of a United Nations expert group, he was tasked with investigating the "economic and social consequences of the arms race and of military expenditures". He sat on the CDA's foreign affairs expert committee, and he authored a 1989 position paper for the party's think tank on sanctions against South Africa during the apartheid era. He argued that change would only come if the United Kingdom and West Germany, two major trading partners, increased pressure on South Africa – something the Dutch government should advocate for. Additionally, De Haan had secondary positions as chair of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences and as board member of the Royal Tropical Institute, the Friesland Bank Association, and the Groningen . He was not elected, as his party won 34 seats. He was re-elected in 1998, 2002, and 2003, and he served as the CDA's spokesperson for foreign affairs, finances, economic affairs, and development cooperation. De Haan's membership of the House ended on 29 November 2006, the year after he had left the University of Groningen, and he was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau the same day.

When in July 2010 the parliamentary group of the CDA agreed to engage in talks to form a governing coalition with the right-wing populist Party for Freedom (PVV), De Haan voiced his opposition to such a cooperation. The resulting first Rutte cabinet that included the VVD and CDA received confidence and supply from the PVV.

Personal life De Haan got married in Groningen on 22 March 1966, and he has three children. He is a Protestant.