Henk Koning

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Henk Koning
State Secretary for the Interior
In office 28 December 1977 – 11 September 1981
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Preceded by	Wim Polak
Succeeded by	Saskia Stuiveling Gerard van Leijenhorst
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 14 September 1989 – 1 November 1991
In office 3 June 1986 – 14 July 1986
In office 25 August 1981 – 5 November 1982
In office 23 February 1967 – 28 December 1977
Parliamentary group	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Personal details
Born	Hendrik Elle Koning (1933-06-03)3 June 1933 Beilen, Netherlands
Died	31 December 2016(2016-12-31) (aged 83) The Hague, Netherlands
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 1962)
Alma mater	Leiden University (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Economist · Jurist · Tax collector · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Art collector

Hendrik Elle "Henk" Koning (7 June 1933 – 31 December 2016) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and economist.

Koning attended the

Provincial-Council of South Holland

from 2 June 1966 until 4 January 1968.

Koning was elected as a

Economic Affairs. The Cabinet Lubbers III was replaced by the Cabinet Lubbers III after the cabinet formation of 1989

on 7 November 1989.

In October 1991 Koning was nominated as President of the Court of Audit, he resigned as Member of the House of Representatives the same day he was installed as president, serving from 1 November 1991 until 1 April 1999.^[1]

Koning retired after spending 32 years in national politics and became active in the

Prince Bernhard Culture Foundation, Maritime Museum Rotterdam and the Energy Research Centre) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Public Pension Funds PFZW, Cadastre Agency and Statistics Netherlands

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date
Honours
	Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre	Holy See	17 April 1979
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	26 October 1981
	Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II	Belgium	15 May 1986
	Commander of the Order of Merit	Germany	12 September 1988
	Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	20 November 1989
	Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great	Holy See	1 May 1994

References

^ "Overleden: Henk Koning, Gilles Borrie, Debbie Reynold en Carrie Fisher - Elsevier.nl". elsevier.nl. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

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Official

(in Dutch) Mr. H.E. (Henk) Koning Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded by Wim Polak	State Secretary for the Interior 1977–1981	Succeeded by Saskia Stuiveling
Preceded by Wim Polak	State Secretary for the Interior 1977–1981	Succeeded by Gerard van Leijenhorst
Preceded by Hans Kombrink	State Secretary for Finance 1982–1989	Succeeded by Marius van Amelsvoort
Civic offices
Preceded by Frans Kordes	President of the Court of Audit 1991–1999	Succeeded by Saskia Stuiveling

State Secretaries for Finance of the Netherlands
Ministry of Finance
Van den Berge Hoefnagels Grapperhaus Scholten Van der Stee Van Rooijen De Goede Nooteboom Van Amelsvoort Kombrink Koning Van Amelsvoort Vermeend Bos Van Eijck Wijn De Jager Weekers Wiebes Snel Vijlbrief Van Huffelen Van Rij De Vries

State Secretaries for the Interior of the Netherlands
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Schmelzer Bot Westerhout Van Veen Van Stuijvenberg Polak Koning Stuiveling Van Leijenhorst Van Amelsvoort De Graaff-Nauta Van de Vondervoort Kohnstamm De Vries Hessing Bijleveld Knops Van Huffelen

v t e Second Lubbers cabinet (1986–1989)
Preceded by: First Lubbers cabinet Succeeded by: Third Lubbers cabinet
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Economic Affairs )
Ministers	Kees van Dijk (Interior) (1986–1987) Jan de Koning (Interior and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs ) (Ad interim) Kees van Dijk (Interior) (from 1987) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) Onno Ruding (Finance) Frits Korthals Altes (Justice) Wim van Eekelen (Defence) (1986–1988) Piet Bukman (Defence) (ad interim) Frits Bolkestein (Defence) (from 1988) Elco Brinkman (Welfare, Health and Culture) Jan de Koning (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs ) (1986–1987) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs and Employment) (Ad interim) Jan de Koning (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs ) (from 1987) Wim Deetman (Education and Sciences) (1986–1989) Gerrit Braks (Education and Sciences) (Ad interim) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) Ed Nijpels (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Minister without portfolio	Piet Bukman (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (Interior) René van der Linden (Foreign Affairs) (1986–1988) Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (Foreign Affairs) (from 1988) Henk Koning (Finance) Virginie Korte-van Hemel (Justice) Economic Affairs ) (1986) Economic Affairs ) (from 1986) Economic Affairs ) (1986–1989) Jan van Houwelingen (Defence) Dick Dees (Welfare, Health and Culture) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs and Employment) Nell Ginjaar-Maas (Education and Sciences) Gerrit Brokx (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (1986) Enneüs Heerma (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (from 1986)

v t e First Lubbers cabinet (1982–1986)
Preceded by: Third Van Agt cabinet Succeeded by: Second Lubbers cabinet
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Economic Affairs )
Ministers	Koos Rietkerk (Interior) (1982–1986) (†) Frits Korthals Altes (Interior) (Ad interim) Rudolf de Korte (Interior) (from 1986) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) Onno Ruding (Finance) Frits Korthals Altes (Justice) Job de Ruiter (Defence) Elco Brinkman (Welfare, Health and Culture) Jan de Koning (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs ) Wim Deetman (Education and Sciences) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) Pieter Winsemius (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Minister without portfolio	Eegje Schoo (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Marius van Amelsvoort (Interior) Wim van Eekelen (Foreign Affairs) Henk Koning (Finance) Virginie Korte-van Hemel (Justice) Economic Affairs ) Economic Affairs ) Jan van Houwelingen (Defence) Charl Schwietert (Defence) (1982) Willem Hoekzema (Defence) (from 1982) Joop van der Reijden (Welfare, Health and Culture) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs and Employment) Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello (Social Affairs and Employment) Nell Ginjaar-Maas (Education and Sciences) Gerard van Leijenhorst (Education and Sciences) Jaap Scherpenhuizen (Transport and Water Management) Ad Ploeg (Agriculture and Fisheries) Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment )

v t e First Van Agt cabinet (1977–1981)
Preceded by: Den Uyl cabinet Succeeded by: Second Van Agt cabinet
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Hans Wiegel (Interior)
Ministers	Chris van der Klaauw (Foreign Affairs) Frans Andriessen (Finance) (1977–1980) Gijs van Aardenne (Finance) (Ad interim) Netherlands Antilles Affairs ) (from 1980) Job de Ruiter (Justice) Economic Affairs ) Roelof Kruisinga (Defence) (1977–1978) Jan de Koning (Defence ) (Ad interim) Willem Scholten (Defence) (1978–1980) Pieter de Geus (Defence) (from 1980) Leendert Ginjaar (Health and Environment) Wil Albeda (Social Affairs) Arie Pais (Education and Sciences) Dany Tuijnman (Transport and Water Management) Netherlands Antilles Affairs ) (1977–1980) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) (from 1980) Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland (Housing and Spatial Planning) (1977–1981) Dany Tuijnman (Housing and Spatial Planning) (from 1981) (Ad interim) Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Jan de Koning (Development Cooperation ) Science Policy) (1977–1979) († ) Science Policy ) (Ad interim) Science Policy ) (from 1979)
State Secretaries	Henk Koning (Interior) Durk van der Mei (Foreign Affairs) Ad Nooteboom (Finance) (1977–1980) Marius van Amelsvoort (Finance) (from 1980) Bert Haars (Justice) Economic Affairs ) Economic Affairs ) Cees van Lent (Defence) Wim van Eekelen (Defence) Els Veder-Smit (Health and Environment) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs) Klaas de Jong (Education and Sciences) Ad Hermes (Education and Sciences) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Brokx (Housing and Spatial Planning) Jeltien Kraaijeveld-Wouters (Culture, Recreation and Social Work) Gerard Wallis de Vries (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

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