Henk Krol

Henk Krol
Henk Krol in 2013

Leader of 50PLUS
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 October 2016
Preceded by	Jan Nagel
In office 12 January 2012 – 4 October 2013
Preceded by	Jan Nagel
Succeeded by	Jan Nagel
Parliamentary leader of 50PLUS in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 September 2014
Preceded by	Martine Baay-Timmerman
In office 20 September 2012 – 4 October 2013
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	Norbert Klein
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 September 2014
In office 20 September 2012 – 4 October 2013
Personal details
Born	Henricus Cornelis Maria Krol (1950-04-01) 1 April 1950 Tilburg, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	50PLUS (from 2011)
Other political affiliations	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 1977)
Residence	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Alma mater	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Bachelor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician Journalist Publisher Editor-in-chief Author Entrepreneur Political consultant Activist
Religion	Lapsed Catholic

Henricus Cornelis Maria "Henk" Krol (Dutch pronunciation: [ɦɛnˈrikʏs kɔrˈneːlɪs maːˈriaː ˈɦɛnk ˈkrɔl]; born 1 April 1950) is a Dutch journalist, publisher, entrepreneur, activist, and politician of 50PLUS. He is the parliamentary leader of 50PLUS in the House of Representatives and a Member of the House of Representatives since 10 September 2014. Krol has been the Leader of 50PLUS since 8 October 2016.

Career

Krol served as the main spokesman for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) in the House of Representatives from 1978 until 1985.

Krol was editor-in-chief of the magazine Gay Krant which he founded 1980.^[1]

Between March 2011 and September 2012 he was member of the States-Provincial of North Brabant.

For the Dutch general election of 2012 Krol was the lijsttrekker (top candidate) for the Pensioners' Party 50PLUS.^[2]

Krol was the Parliamentary leader of 50PLUS in the House of Representatives from 13 September 2012 until 4 October 2013 and a Member of the House of Representatives from 20 September 2012 until 4 October 2013.

On 4 October 2013, de Volkskrant published an article alleging that Krol withheld pension money from his employees from 2004 until 2007, and then again in 2009, while working for the Gay Krant.^[3] De Volkskrant said that the tip-off leading to the article had come via GlobaLeaks Publeaks, a new Dutch anonymous whistleblowing initiative.^[4] The same day, Krol announced his resignation from the House of Representatives in a letter, admitting that he made 'many mistakes'. Although he did not address the allegations directly, he concluded that "it is impossible for me to continue in my function as representative".^[5] He was replaced in the House of Representatives by Martine Baay-Timmerman on 29 October 2013.^[6]

He was elected with preferential votes for the Ouderen Appèl party to the municipal council of Eindhoven in March 2014.^[7] Krol returned to the House of Representatives on 10 September 2014 when Martine Baay-Timmerman went on sick leave.^[8]

Decorations

Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands, 1999)

References

↑ (English) Romance in The Netherlands by Diane Anderson-Minshall, Passportmagazine.com, July 6, 2008
↑ (Dutch) Henk Krol lijsttrekker ouderenpartij, NOS, 4 June 2012
↑ (Dutch) Krol ontdook voor tienduizenden euro's aan pensioenpremies, De Volkskrant, 4 October 2013
↑ Steinglass, Matt. "Dutch pensioners' champion quits over contributions dispute". Financial_Times. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
↑ (Dutch) Krol: vijanden hebben gewonnen, NOS, 4 October 2013
↑ "Baay definitief in Kamer voor 50Plus" (in Dutch). Volkskrant. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
↑ "Henk Krol met voorkeursstemmen gekozen in Eindhoven" (in Dutch). ND. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
↑ "Krol (50PLUS) en Leenders (PvdA) keren terug in Tweede Kamer" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

External links

(Dutch) H.C.M. (Henk) Krol Parlement & Politiek

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Party political offices
Preceded by Jan Nagel	Leader of 50PLUS 2012–2013	Succeeded by Jan Nagel
New title	Parliamentary leader of 50PLUS in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands 2012–2013	Succeeded by Norbert Klein
Preceded by Martine Baay-Timmerman	Parliamentary leader of 50PLUS in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands 2014–	Incumbent
Preceded by Jan Nagel	Leader of 50PLUS 2016–	Incumbent

Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–present

House of Representatives, 20 September 2012 - present

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD - 40)	Zijlstra Van Ark Azmani Berckmoes-Duindam <Blok> De Boer Bosma Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé <Dijkhoff> R. Dijkstra Duisenberg Elias Geselschap Harbers Heerema <Hennis-Plasschaert> <Huizing> De Lange <Leegte> <De Liefde> Van der Linde <Litjens> Lodders <Lucas> Van Miltenburg Moors An. Mulder Neppérus <Van Nieuwenhuizen> Nijkerken-de Haan Van Oosten Potters Van der Ree A. Rutte <M. Rutte> <Schippers> Schut-Welkzijn <Van der Steur> Straus Taverne Teeven Tellegen <Van Veen> Veldman <Verheijen> Visser De Vries Vuijk <Weekers> Van Wijngaarden Van 't Wout Ziengs

Labour Party (PvdA - 35)	Samsom Arib (Speaker) Asante <Bonis> Bouwmeester Brouwer Çegerek <Van Dam> Van Dekken <O. Van Dijk> <Dijsselbloem> (Dikkers) Eijsink Fokke Groot Günal-Gezer <Hamer> <Heijnen> <Hilkens> Hoogland Jacobi <Jadnanansing> Kerstens <Klijnsma> Kuiken Van Laar Leenders Maij Marcouch Mohandis Nijboer Oosenbrug <Plasterk> Rebel-Volp Recourt Servaes Tanamal <Timmermans> van der Velde Vermeij Vermue J. Vos M. Vos De Vries Wolbert Ypma Yücel

Socialist Party (SP - 15)	Roemer Bashir Van Bommel J. Van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen <Jansen> Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Merkies Van Nispen Van Raak Siderius Smaling <Smits> <Swinkels> Ulenbelt <De Wit>

Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA - 13)	Van Haersma Buma Amhaouch Bruins Slot Geurts Heerma Van Helvert <Van Hijum> Keijzer Knops Ag. Mulder Omtzigt <Oskam> Rog Ronnes <De Rouwe> Van Toorenburg

Party for Freedom (PVV - 12)	Wilders Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma <Gerbrands> De Graaf Graus Helder Klever Madlener De Roon

Democrats 66 (D66 - 12)	Pechtold Belhaj Bergkamp <Berndsen> P. Dijkstra <Hachchi> Koolmees Koşer Kaya Van Meenen <Schouw> Sjoerdsma Swinkels Van Veldhoven Verhoeven Van Weyenberg

Christian Union (CU - 5)	Segers Bruins Dik-Faber Schouten <Slob> Voordewind

GreenLeft (GL - 4)	Klaver <Ellemeet> Grashoff <Van Ojik> <Sap> Van Tongeren Voortman

Reformed Political Party (SGP - 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop Dijkgraaf

Party for the Animals (PvdD - 2)	Thieme Ouwehand <Wassenberg>

50PLUS (50+ - 1)	Krol <Baay-Timmerman>

Independents (Group Bontes/Van Klaveren) (Bontes/Van Klaveren - 2)	Bontes Van Klaveren

Independents (Group Kuzu/Öztürk) (Kuzu/Öztürk - 2)	Kuzu Öztürk

Independent (Member Van Vliet) (Van Vliet - 1)	Van Vliet

Independent (Member Klein) (Klein - 1)	Klein

Independent (Member Houwers) (Houwers - 1)	Houwers

Independent (Member Monasch) (Monasch - 1)	Monasch

Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned) Bold also signifies the Speaker Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <> signifies a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–12 See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–present See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–15

50PLUS

Leaders	Jan Nagel Henk Krol Jan Nagel (Ad interim) Henk Krol

Chairmen	Jan Nagel Willem Holthuizen Jan Nagel (Ad interim) John Struijlaard Jan Nagel

Parliamentary leaders in the Senate	Jan Nagel

Parliamentary leaders in the House of Representatives	Henk Krol Norbert Klein Martine Baay-Timmerman Henk Krol

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 232418059 LCCN: no2014156559 GND: 101966200X

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