Clemens Cornielje, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Clemens Cornielje

King's Commissioner of Gelderland

Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1958

Place of Birth: Rijnwaarden, Gelderland, Netherlands

Profession: teacher, politician

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Clemens Cornielje

  • Clemens Gerard Antoon Cornielje (born 10 June 1958 in Lobith) is a Dutch politician and former political consultant and educator.
  • He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie).
  • From 1994 to 2005 he was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives.
  • From 31 August 2005 to January 23 2019 he has been King's Commissioner (Queen's Commissioner until 2013) of the province of Gelderland.Cornielje studied biology and mathematics at a vocational university in Nijmegen to become a teacher in secondary education.
  • He is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, and is openly gay. At the beginning of 2010, Cornielje was diagnosed with malignant tumor, requiring him to resign.
  • But he returned to work after several months.
  • He was diagnosed with cancer again in May 2015.
  • In April 2017, a brain tumor was discovered. On 11 April 2018, Cornielje announced his intention to resign as King Commissioner on 1 February 2019.
  • He justified this not because of his illness, but because it is time for his successor.
  • By announcing his departure early, according to him, there will be enough space to find his successor in time.
  • He told his political party that he wanted to be a member of the Dutch Senate.On 2 August 2018, it was announced that Cornielje had temporarily resigned from his duties as King's commissioner because of meningitis.
  • he came back to his duties, and bid farweel to the position in 23 January, 2019.
  • He was officially replaced by John Berends on 6 February 2019.Clemens Cornielje is one of three openly gay politicians who served as King's Commissioner, the other two are: Jan Franssen, and Arno Brok. He has been in a relationship with his partner Bertil Niehoff.

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