Henk Leenders

Henk Leenders (born 28 January 1955) is a Dutch politician.

Henk Leenders
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office 10 September 2014 – 23 March 2017
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office 3 September 2013 – 11 December 2013
Personal details
Born	(1955-01-28) 28 January 1955 (age 70) Elst, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party

Leenders studied nursing at the Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital in Nijmegen between 1972 and 1976, he followed this up with a study of management at the HAN University of Applied Sciences between 1979 and 1981. He studied health sciences at Maastricht University between 1989 and 1992.^[1]

He was member of the municipal council of Breda 16 March 2006 and 11 March 2010. He was a member of the States of North Brabant between 10 March 2011 and 3 October 2014, where he served as party leader.^[1]

On 3 September 2013 he was installed as member of the Dutch House of Representatives as a temporary replacement for Yasemin Çegerek, who went on pregnancy leave. His temporary term lasted from 3 September until 11 December 2013.^[2][3]

He returned to the House of Representatives on 10 September 2014 when he succeeded Mariëtte Hamer who became chair of the Social-Economic Council.^[4] His term in the House ended on 23 March 2017.^[1]