10 Facts About Loek Hermans

Louis Marie Lucien Henri Alphonse "Loek" Hermans was born on 23 April 1951 and is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and businessman.

Loek Hermans worked as a civics teacher in Arnhem from August 1972 until July 1976.

Loek Hermans served on the Municipal Council of Nijmegen from 3 September 1974 until 5 September 1978.

Loek Hermans was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1977, taking office on 8 June 1977 serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Civil service and Public administration.

In September 1990 Loek Hermans was nominated as Mayor of Zwolle, he was installed as Mayor on 16 September 1990 and resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives on 24 September 1990.

Loek Hermans worked as a trade association executive for the MKB-Nederland serving as chairman of the executive board from 1 July 2003 until 9 February 2011 and for the Nederlands Uitgeversverbond serving as chairman of the executive board from 10 December 2002 until 1 November 2012.

Loek Hermans worked as media administrator for the public broadcaster WNL serving as chairman of the supervisory board from 16 February 2009 until 15 April 2013 and as a sport administrator for SC Heerenveen and as an academic administrator for the Radboud University Nijmegen serving as Chairman of the Education board since 1 May 2008.

Loek Hermans was elected as a Member of the Senate after the Senate election of 2007, taking office on 12 June 2007 serving as a frontbencher chairing the parliamentary committee for the Interior and the parliamentary committee for Constitutional Affairs and spokesperson for Royal House affairs.

Loek Hermans was selected as Parliamentary leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the Senate following the appointment of Uri Rosenthal as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Rutte I, taking office on 22 February 2011.

On 3 November 2015 Loek Hermans resigned after a judicial verdict of mismanagement at Meavita, a health care organisation where Loek Hermans served as Chairman of the Supervisory board when the organisation went bankrupt in 2009.