Henk Krol

Henk Krol
Henk Krol
	Krol in 2013
Member of the House ; of Representatives
	In office; 10 September 2014 – 30 March 2021
Parliamentary group	Independent (2020–present) ; Group Krol/Van Kooten-Arissen (2020) ; 50PLUS (2014–2020)
	In office; 20 September 2012 – 4 October 2013
Parliamentary group	50PLUS
Parliamentary leader in the ; House of Representatives
	In office; 6 May 2020 – 8 August 2020
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office discontinued
Parliamentary group	Group Krol/Van Kooten-Arissen
	In office; 10 September 2014 – 3 May 2020
Preceded by	Martine Baay-Timmerman
Succeeded by	Corrie van Brenk
Parliamentary group	50PLUS
	In office; 20 September 2012 – 4 October 2013
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Norbert Klein
Parliamentary group	50PLUS
Leader of the ; Party for the Future
	In office; 3 May 2020 – 18 October 2020
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Vacant
Leader of 50PLUS
	In office; 8 October 2016 – 3 May 2020
Preceded by	Jan Nagel
Succeeded by	Liane den Haan
	In office; 12 January 2012 – 4 October 2013
Preceded by	Jan Nagel
Succeeded by	Jan Nagel
Personal details
Born	Henricus Cornelis Maria Krol; 1 April 1950 (age 71); Tilburg, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Henk Krol List (2020–present)
Other political; affiliations	Party for the Future (2020) ; 50PLUS (2011–2020) ; VVD (1977–2011)
Residence	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Alma mater	Free University Amsterdam ; (Bachelor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician · Journalist · Editor · Author · Businessman · Political consultant · Public relations manager · Activist

Henricus Cornelis Maria "Henk" Krol (Dutch pronunciation: [ɦɛnˈrikʏs kɔrˈneːlɪs maːˈriaː ˈɦɛŋk ˈkrɔl]; born 1 April 1950) is a Dutch journalist, publisher, entrepreneur, activist and politician. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 10 September 2014. He used to be the leader of 50PLUS, but left the party in 2020 due to disagreements with the rest of the party's leadership. From 3 May to 18 October 2020, Krol was the leader of the Party for the Future.

Career[]

Krol served as the main spokesman for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) in the House of Representatives from 1978 until 1985.

Krol was editor-in-chief of the magazine Gay Krant, which he founded in 1980.^[1]

Between March 2011 and September 2012 he was member of the States-Provincial of North Brabant.

For the 2012 general election Krol was the lijsttrekker (top candidate) for the Pensioners' Party 50PLUS.^[2]

Krol was the Parliamentary leader of 50PLUS in the House of Representatives from 13 September 2012 until 4 October 2013 and a Member of the House of Representatives from 20 September 2012 until 4 October 2013.

On 4 October 2013, de Volkskrant published an article alleging that Krol withheld pension money from his employees from 2004 until 2007, and then again in 2009, while working for the Gay Krant.^[3] De Volkskrant said that the tip-off leading to the article had come via Publeaks NL,^[4] a new Dutch anonymous whistleblowing initiative.^[5] The same day, Krol announced his resignation from the House of Representatives in a letter, admitting that he made 'many mistakes'. Although he did not address the allegations directly, he concluded that "it is impossible for me to continue in my function as representative".^[6] He was replaced in the House of Representatives by Martine Baay-Timmerman on 29 October 2013.^[7]

He was elected with preferential votes for the Ouderen Appèl party to the municipal council of Eindhoven in March 2014.^[8] Krol returned to the House of Representatives on 10 September 2014 when Martine Baay-Timmerman went on sick leave.^[9]

After disagreements with the party top of 50PLUS he resigned from the leadership position and exited the party. He founded the Party for the Future together with formerly independent member of the House of Representatives Femke Merel van Kooten, but left the party a few months later. ^[10]

Decorations[]

Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands, 1999)

References[]

^ (in English) Romance in The Netherlands by Diane Anderson-Minshall Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine, Passportmagazine.com, July 6, 2008
^ (in Dutch) Henk Krol lijsttrekker ouderenpartij, NOS, 4 June 2012
^ (in Dutch) Krol ontdook voor tienduizenden euro's aan pensioenpremies, De Volkskrant, 4 October 2013
^ "Stichting Publeaks website". Retrieved 17 March 2021.
^ Steinglass, Matt. "Dutch pensioners' champion quits over contributions dispute". Financial Times. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
^ (in Dutch) Krol: vijanden hebben gewonnen, NOS, 4 October 2013
^ "Baay definitief in Kamer voor 50Plus" (in Dutch). Volkskrant. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
^ "Henk Krol met voorkeursstemmen gekozen in Eindhoven" (in Dutch). ND. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ "Krol (50PLUS) en Leenders (PvdA) keren terug in Tweede Kamer" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^ (in Dutch) Henk Krol na ruzie met Henk Otten weg bij Partij voor de Toekomst, NOS, 19 October 2020

External links[]

(in Dutch) H.C.M. (Henk) Krol Parlement.com

Party political offices
Preceded by Office established	Lijsttrekker of 50PLUS 2012 · 2017	Succeeded by Liane den Haan
Preceded by Jan Nagel	Leader of 50PLUS 2012–2013 2014–2020	Succeeded by Jan Nagel
Preceded by Jan Nagel	Leader of 50PLUS 2012–2013 2014–2020	Succeeded by Liane den Haan
Preceded by Office established	Parliamentary leader of 50PLUS in the House of Representatives 2012–2013 2014–2020	Succeeded by Norbert Klein
Preceded by Martine Baay-Timmerman		Succeeded by Corrie van Brenk
Preceded by Office established	Leader of the Party for the Future 2020	Succeeded by Vacant

[1] (in English) Romance in The Netherlands by Diane Anderson-Minshall Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine, Passportmagazine.com, July 6, 2008

[2] (in Dutch) Henk Krol lijsttrekker ouderenpartij, NOS, 4 June 2012

[3] (in Dutch) Krol ontdook voor tienduizenden euro's aan pensioenpremies, De Volkskrant, 4 October 2013

[4] "Stichting Publeaks website". Retrieved 17 March 2021.

[5] Steinglass, Matt. "Dutch pensioners' champion quits over contributions dispute". Financial Times. Retrieved 4 May 2014.

[6] (in Dutch) Krol: vijanden hebben gewonnen, NOS, 4 October 2013

[volkskrant-7] "Baay definitief in Kamer voor 50Plus" (in Dutch). Volkskrant. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.

[8] "Henk Krol met voorkeursstemmen gekozen in Eindhoven" (in Dutch). ND. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

[9] "Krol (50PLUS) en Leenders (PvdA) keren terug in Tweede Kamer" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

[10] (in Dutch) Henk Krol na ruzie met Henk Otten weg bij Partij voor de Toekomst, NOS, 19 October 2020

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show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2017–2021)
House of Representatives 23 March 2017 – 31 March 2021
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 32)	Dijkhoff <Van Ark> Aartsen <Azmani> Becker Bolkestein Van den Bosch Bosman <Ten Broeke> <Dekker> R. Dijkstra <Duisenberg> El Yassini Van Gent Harbers Heerema <Hennis-Plasschaert> Hermans Koerhuis Koopmans Laan-Geselschap <De Lange> Van der Linde Lodders Middendorp <A. Mulder> Nijkerken-de Haan <Van Oosten> Regterschot <A. Rutte> <M. Rutte> Smals Snoeren Tellegen Tielen Veldman <Visser> De Vries Weverling Wiersma Van Wijngaarden Wörsdörfer <Van 't Wout> Yeşilgöz-Zegerius Ziengs <Zijlstra>
Party for Freedom (PVV – 20)	Wilders Van Aalst Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma <Gerbrands> De Graaf Graus Helder Jansen De Jong Kops Madlener (Maeijer) Markuszower E. Mulder <Popken> De Roon De Vree Van Weerdenburg
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 19)	Heerma Amhaouch Van den Anker Van den Berg <Bruins Slot> C. van Dam Geluk-Poortvliet Geurts <Van Haersma Buma> Van Helvert <Keijzer> <Knops> Kuik Von Martels Van der Molen A.H. Mulder Omtzigt Palland <Rog> <Ronnes> Terpstra Van Toorenburg
Democrats 66 (D66 – 19)	Jetten Belhaj Bergkamp Van Beukering <> Bouali Diertens P. Dijkstra Van Eijs <Van Engelshoven> De Groot Groothuizen <Koolmees> Van Meenen Paternotte <Pechtold> Raemakers Sjoerdsma <Van Veldhoven> Verhoeven Van Weyenberg
GroenLinks (GL – 14)	Klaver Bromet Van den Berge Buitenweg <Diks> Ellemeet <Grashoff> Kröger Van der Lee Van den Nieuwenhuijzen Van Ojik <Özdil> Özütok Snels <Van Tongeren> <Voortman> Westerveld
Socialist Party (SP – 14)	Marijnissen Alkaya Beckerman J. van Dijk Futselaar Van Gerven Karabulut Van Kent <Kooiman> Kwint Laçin Leijten Van Nispen Van Raak <Roemer>
Labour Party (PvdA – 9)	Ploumen Arib (Speaker) Asscher G. van Dijk <Dijksma> <Dijsselbloem> Van den Hul Kerstens Kuiken Moorlag Nijboer
Christian Union (CU – 5)	Segers Bruins Dik-Faber Van der Graaf <Schouten> Voordewind
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 4)	Ouwehand <Thieme> Van Esch Van Raan Wassenberg
50PLUS (50+ – 3)	Van Brenk Van Otterloo <Van Rooijen> Sazias
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop <Dijkgraaf> Stoffer
DENK (DENK – 3)	Azarkan Kuzu Öztürk
Forum for Democracy (FVD – 2)	Baudet Van Haga <Hiddema> Vacant
Member Krol (Indep. – 1)	Krol
Member Van Kooten-Arissen (Indep. – 1)	Van Kooten-Arissen
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker (Brackets) signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <Angle brackets> signifies a member who prematurely left the House of Representatives See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–2019 Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2019–2023

show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2012–2017)
House of Representatives, 20 September 2012 – 23 March 2017
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 40)	Zijlstra Van Ark Azmani Berckmoes-Duindam <Blok> De Boer Bosma Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé <Dijkhoff> R. Dijkstra Duisenberg Elias Geselschap Harbers Heerema <Hennis-Plasschaert> <Huizing> De Lange <Leegte> <De Liefde> Van der Linde <Litjens> Lodders <Lucas> Van Miltenburg (Speaker, 2012–2015) Moors An. Mulder Neppérus <Van Nieuwenhuizen> Nijkerken-de Haan Van Oosten Potters Van der Ree A. Rutte <M. Rutte> <Schippers> Schut-Welkzijn <Van der Steur> Straus Taverne Teeven Tellegen <Van Veen> Veldman <Verheijen> Visser Au. de Vries Vuijk <Weekers> Van Wijngaarden Van 't Wout Ziengs
Labour Party (PvdA – 35)	Kuiken Arib (Speaker, 2015–2017) Asante <Bonis> Bouwmeester Brouwer Çegerek <Van Dam> Van Dekken <O. van Dijk> <Dijsselbloem> Dikkers Eijsink Fokke Groot Günal-Gezer <Hamer> <Heijnen> <Hilkens> Hoogland Jacobi <Jadnanansing> Kerstens <Klijnsma> Van Laar Leenders Maij Marcouch Mohandis Nijboer Oosenbrug <Plasterk> Recourt <Samsom> Servaes Tanamal <Timmermans> <Ünver> Van der Velde Vermeij Vermue Volp J. Vos M. Vos Al. de Vries Wolbert Ypma Yücel
Socialist Party (SP – 15)	Roemer Bashir Van Bommel J. van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen <Jansen> Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Merkies Van Nispen Van Raak Siderius Smaling <Smits> <Swinkels> Ulenbelt <De Wit>
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 13)	Van Haersma Buma Amhaouch Bruins Slot Geurts Heerma Van Helvert <Van Hijum> Keijzer Knops Ag. Mulder Omtzigt <Oskam> Rog Ronnes <De Rouwe> Van Toorenburg
Party for Freedom (PVV – 12)	Wilders Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma <Gerbrands> De Graaf Graus Helder Klever Madlener De Roon
Democrats 66 (D66 – 12)	Pechtold Belhaj Bergkamp <Berndsen> P. Dijkstra <Hachchi> Koolmees Koşer Kaya Van Meenen <Schouw> Sjoerdsma Swinkels Van Veldhoven Verhoeven Van Weyenberg
Christian Union (CU – 5)	Segers Bruins Dik-Faber Schouten <Slob> Voordewind
GroenLinks (GL – 4)	Klaver (Leader, 2015–2017) <Ellemeet> Grashoff <Van Ojik> (Leader, 2012–2015) <Sap> (Leader, 2012) Van Tongeren Voortman
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop Dijkgraaf
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 2)	Thieme Ouwehand <Wassenberg>
50PLUS (50+ – 1)	Krol <Baay-Timmerman>
Independent (Groep Bontes/Van Klaveren – 2)	Bontes Van Klaveren
Independent (Groep Kuzu/Öztürk – 2)	Kuzu Öztürk
Independent (Lid-Van Vliet – 1)	Van Vliet
Independent (Lid-Klein – 1)	Klein
Independent (Lid-Houwers – 1)	Houwers
Independent (Lid-Monasch – 1)	Monasch
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker Angle brackets signify a replacement member or a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012 Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2017–present See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015 Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–present

show v t 50PLUS
Leaders	Jan Nagel Henk Krol Jan Nagel (Ad interim) Henk Krol
Chairmen	Jan Nagel Willem Holthuizen Jan Nagel (Ad interim) John Struijlaard Jan Nagel Jan Zoetelief
Parliamentary leaders in the Senate	Jan Nagel
Parliamentary leaders in the House of Representatives	Henk Krol Norbert Klein Martine Baay-Timmerman Henk Krol

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Henk Krol
Krol in 2013

Member of the House of Representatives
In office 10 September 2014 – 30 March 2021
Parliamentary group	Independent (2020–present) Group Krol/Van Kooten-Arissen (2020) 50PLUS (2014–2020)
In office 20 September 2012 – 4 October 2013
Parliamentary group	50PLUS
Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives
In office 6 May 2020 – 8 August 2020
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office discontinued
Parliamentary group	Group Krol/Van Kooten-Arissen
In office 10 September 2014 – 3 May 2020
Preceded by	Martine Baay-Timmerman
Succeeded by	Corrie van Brenk
Parliamentary group	50PLUS
In office 20 September 2012 – 4 October 2013
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Norbert Klein
Parliamentary group	50PLUS
Leader of the Party for the Future
In office 3 May 2020 – 18 October 2020
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Vacant
Leader of 50PLUS
In office 8 October 2016 – 3 May 2020
Preceded by	Jan Nagel
Succeeded by	Liane den Haan
In office 12 January 2012 – 4 October 2013
Preceded by	Jan Nagel
Succeeded by	Jan Nagel

Personal details
Born	Henricus Cornelis Maria Krol (1950-04-01) 1 April 1950 (age 71) Tilburg, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Henk Krol List (2020–present)
Other political affiliations	Party for the Future (2020) 50PLUS (2011–2020) VVD (1977–2011)
Residence	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Alma mater	Free University Amsterdam (Bachelor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician · Journalist · Editor · Author · Businessman · Political consultant · Public relations manager · Activist