Henk Krol

Henk Krol


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 13 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
Leader of 50PLUS
In office 12 January 2012 – 4 October 2013
Preceded by	Jan Nagel
Succeeded by	Jan Nagel
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	VU University Amsterdam (Bachelor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician Journalist Publisher Editor-in-chief Author Entrepreneur Political consultant Activist
Religion	Lapsed Catholic

Henricus Cornelis Maria "Henk" Krol (born 1 April 1950) is a Dutch 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. He was previously 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. Between March 2011 and September 2012 he was member of the States-Provincial of North Brabant. A journalist, publisher, entrepreneur and activist, Krol was editor-in-chief of the magazine Gay Krant which he founded 1980.^[1] 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. For the Dutch general election of 2012 Krol was the lijsttrekker (top candidate) for the Pensioners' Party 50PLUS.^[2] On 4 October 2013, the Volkskrant published an article alleging that Krol withheld pension money from his employees from 2004 until 2007 and in 2009, while working for the Gay Krant.^[3] The 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

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	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

Official

(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

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 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 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 - 36)	Samsom Arib (Speaker) <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 Monasch Nijboer Oosenbrug <Plasterk> Rebel-Volp Recourt Servaes Tanamal <Timmermans> 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

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, 2010–2012 See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–present See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015

50PLUS

Party leaders	Jan Nagel 2011 - 2012 Henk Krol 2012 - 2013 Jan Nagel 2013 - ) (Ad interim

Party chairs	Jan Nagel 2011 - 2012 Willem Holthuizen 2012 - 2013 Jan Nagel 2013 - 2014) (Ad interim John Struijlaard 2014 -

Parliamentary leaders in the Senate	Jan Nagel 2011 -

Parliamentary leaders in the House of Representatives	Henk Krol 2012 - 2013 Norbert Klein 2013 - 2014 Martine Baay-Timmerman 2014 Henk Krol 2014 -

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

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