Alex Brenninkmeijer

Alex Brenninkmeijer (29 June 1951 - 14 April 2022)^[1][2] was a Dutch lawyer, judge and academic, national ombudsman between 2005 and 2014,^[3] and member of the European Court of Auditors from 2014 until his death.^[4]

Alex Brenninkmeijer
Alex Brenninkmeijer in 2011
Member of the European Court of Auditors for the Netherlands
In office 1 January 2014 – 14 April 2022
President	Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira Klaus-Heiner Lehne
Preceded by	Gijs de Vries
Succeeded by	Stef Blok
Personal details
Born	Alex Franciscus Maria Brenninkmeijer (1951-06-29)June 29, 1951 Amsterdam
Died	April 14, 2022(2022-04-14) (aged 70) Luxembourg
Nationality	Dutch
Spouse	Sacha Prechal
Occupation	Lawyer, judge and academic

Biography

Alex Brenninkmeijer was born in Amsterdam in 1951. He studied Dutch law at the University of Groningen from 1971 to 1976, majoring in private law and public law and minoring in economics. In 1987, he obtained his doctorate from Tilburg University.^[5]

From 2005 to 2014, Brenninkmeijer served as the National Ombudsman of the Netherlands. He was a member of the ECA from 2014 until his death in April 2022.^{[citation needed]}

Brenninkmeijer was married to judge Sacha Prechal.^[6]