Henk Vonhoff

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Henk Vonhoff
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 MinisterBarend Biesheuvel
Preceded byHein van de Poel
Succeeded byWim Meijer
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
23 January 1973 – 6 September 1974
In office
23 February 1967 – 28 July 1971
Parliamentary groupPeople's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Personal details
Born
Hendrik Johan Lubert Vonhoff

(1931-06-22)22 June 1931
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died25 July 2010(2010-07-25) (aged 79)
Hilversum, Netherlands
Political partyPeople's Party for
Freedom and Democracy

(from 1948)
Other political
affiliations
Freedom Party (1946–1948)
Spouse
(m. 1953)
Children2 daughter and 1 son
Relatives
State Civic School of Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Education)
OccupationPolitician · 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
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

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Official
Political offices
Preceded by
State Secretary for Culture,
Recreation and Social Work

1971–1973
Served alongside:
Fia van Veenendaal-
van Meggelen
(1971–1972)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Mayor of Utrecht
1974–1980
Succeeded by
James van Lidth
de Jeude
Ad interim
Preceded by Queen's Commissioner of
Groningen

1980–1996
Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jaap van der Krol
President of the Dutch
Olympic Committee

1985–1989
Succeeded by
Wouter Huibregtsen