Henk van Hoof

Henk van Hoof

Hendrikus Andreas Lambertus "Henk" van Hoof (born November 9, 1947) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He was the State Secretary for Defence in the Cabinet Kok II serving from 3 August 1998 until 22 July 2002. And the State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment in the Cabinets Balkenende II and III serving from 17 June 2004 until 22 February 2007. He was a Member of the House of Representatives from 5 November 1991 until 3 August 1998 and from 23 May 2002 until 30 January 2003. He served as Acting Mayor of Delfzijl from 18 August 2003 until 1 May 2004.^[1]

References

↑ (Dutch) Staatssecretaris Van Hoof spreekt tijdens nieuwjaarsdiner People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Leiden

External links

(Dutch) H.A.L. (Henk) van Hoof (Parlement & Politiek)

Second Kok cabinet (1998–2002)

^{Preceded by: First Kok cabinet · Succeeded by: First Balkenende cabinet}

Prime Minister	Wim Kok (General Affairs)

Deputy Prime Ministers	Annemarie Jorritsma (Economic Affairs) Els Borst (Health, Welfare and Sport)

Ministers	Bram Peper (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (1998–2000) Roger van Boxtel (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (acting) Klaas de Vries (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (2000–2002) Jozias van Aartsen (Foreign Affairs) Gerrit Zalm (Finance) Benk Korthals (Justice) Frank de Grave (Defence) Loek Hermans (Education, Culture and Science) Tineke Netelenbos (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Haijo Apotheker (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (1998–1999) Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (1999–2002) Klaas de Vries (Social Affairs and Employment) (1998–2000) Willem Vermeend (Social Affairs and Employment) (2000–2002) Jan Pronk (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

Minister without portfolio	Roger van Boxtel (Large Cities and Integration) Eveline Herfkens (Development Cooperation)

State Secretaries	Gijs de Vries (Interior and Kingdom Relations) Dick Benschop (Foreign Affairs) Willem Vermeend (Finance) (1998–2000) Wouter Bos (Finance) (2000–2002) Job Cohen (Justice) (1998–2000) Ella Kalsbeek (Justice) (2001) Gerrit Ybema (Economic Affairs) Henk van Hoof (Defence) Margo Vliegenthart (Health, Welfare and Sport) Karin Adelmund (Education, Culture and Science) Rick van der Ploeg (Education, Culture and Science) Monique de Vries (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Geke Faber (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries Hans Hoogervorst (Social Affairs and Employment) Annelies Verstand (Social Affairs and Employment) Johan Remkes (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)