Henk Vonhoff
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Henk Vonhoff | |
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State Secretary for Culture, Recreation and Social Work | |
In office 28 July 1971 – 23 April 1973 Serving with Fia van Veenendaal- van Meggelen (1971–1972) | |
Prime Minister | Barend Biesheuvel |
Preceded by | Hein van de Poel |
Succeeded by | Wim Meijer |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 23 January 1973 – 6 September 1974 | |
In office 23 February 1967 – 28 July 1971 | |
Parliamentary group | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Personal details | |
Born | Hendrik Johan Lubert Vonhoff 22 June 1931 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Died | 25 July 2010 Hilversum, Netherlands | (aged 79)
Political party | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 1948) |
Other political affiliations | Freedom Party (1946–1948) |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 daughter and 1 son |
Relatives | State Civic School of Amsterdam (Bachelor of Education) |
Occupation | Politician · Civil servant · Historian · Teacher · Businessman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Trade association executive · Sport administrator · Lobbyist · Author · Professor |
Hendrik "Henk" Johan Lubert Vonhoff (22 June 1931 – 25 July 2010) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and teacher.
Vonhoff attended the
Elsevier
from March 1959 until February 1967.
Vonhoff was elected as a
State Secretary for Culture, Recreation and Social Work in the Cabinet Biesheuvel I, taking office on 28 July 1971. The Cabinet Biesheuvel I fell just one year later on 19 July 1972 after the Democratic Socialists '70 (DS'70) retracted their support following there dissatisfaction with the proposed budget memorandum to further reduce the deficit and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until the first cabinet formation of 1972 when it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Biesheuvel II with Vonhoff continuing as State Secretary for Culture, Recreation and Social Work, taking office on 9 August 1972. After the election of 1972 Westerterp returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 23 January 1973 but he was still serving in the cabinet and because of dualism customs in the constitutional convention of Dutch politics he couldn't serve a dual mandate he subsequently resigned as State Secretary for Culture, Recreation and Social Work on 23 April 1973 and he continued to serve in the House of Representatives as a frontbencher chairing the parliamentary committee for Education and Sciences
and spokesperson for Education, Social Work and Culture,.
In August 1974 Vonhoff was nominated as
Minister of Defence in the Cabinet Lubbers II but per his own request asked not to be considered for a cabinet post in the new cabinet
.
Vonhoff was known for his abilities as a debater and consensus builder. Vonhoff continued to comment on political affairs until his is death at the age of 79 and holds the distinction as the longest-serving Queen's Commissioner of Groningen after World War II with 15 years, 198 days.
Decorations
Honours | ||||
Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
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Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion | Netherlands | 8 June 1973 | ||
Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 29 April 1987 | ||
Commander of the Order of the Crown | Belgium | 12 December 1988 | ||
Officer of the Order of the Oak Crown | Luxembourg | 14 October 1992 | ||
Awards | ||||
Ribbon bar | Awards | Organization | Date | Comment |
Honorary Member | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
15 May 1998 |
References
External links
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