11 Facts About Henk Krol

Henk Krol was a member of the House of Representatives from 2012 to 2013, and again from 2014 to 2021.

Since 2023, Krol has been a member of Belang van Nederland.

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

Henk Krol was editor-in-chief of the magazine Gay Krant, which he founded in 1980.

Henk 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 Henk Krol withheld pension money from his employees from 2004 until 2007, and then again in 2009, while working for the Gay Krant.

Henk Krol was replaced in the House of Representatives by Martine Baay-Timmerman on 29 October 2013.

Henk Krol was elected with preferential votes for the Ouderen Appel party to the municipal council of Eindhoven in March 2014.

Henk Krol returned to the House of Representatives on 10 September 2014, when Martine Baay-Timmerman went on sick leave.

Henk Krol founded the Party for the Future together with fellow independent member of the House of Representatives Femke Merel van Kooten, but left the party a few months later.

Henk Krol unsuccessfully participated in the 2021 general election with the progressive conservative party Henk Krol List, which he had established on 18 October 2020.