About Henk Leenders
Born 1955. Henk Leenders is a Dutch politician and director.
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.
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.
He returned to the House of Representatives on 10 September 2014 when he succeeded Mariëtte Hamer who became chair of the Social-Economic Council. His term in the House ended on 23 March 2017.
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Who is Henk Leenders?
Dutch former politician
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Henk Leenders was born on 28 January 1955 in Elst.
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Henk Leenders is a politician and director.
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Henk Leenders is Dutch.
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