Erik Ronnes (born 6 November 1967) is a Dutch politician. He was member of the

House of Representatives of the Netherlands The House of Representatives ( , literally "Second Chamber of the States General", or simply ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General of the Netherlands, States General, the other one ...

for the

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between 20 May 2015 and 20 May 2020. Since 15 May 2020 he has been member of the

Provincial-executive The provincial executive (, GS) is the executive branch of government of a province in the Netherlands. It is the equivalent of the municipal executive at the provincial level. The provincial executive consists of the King's Commissioner A Ki ...

North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to ...

Career

Ronnes was born on 6 November 1967 in

Boxmeer Boxmeer () is a town and former municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands. Boxmeer as a municipality incorporated the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort and that of Vierlingsbeek. One of the population centers of the former municip ...

, but grew up in Vortum-Mullem. His father served as alderman in Vierlingsbeek and as member of the States of North Brabant. Ronnes worked in different capacities for

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between 1995 and 2010. Ronnes was member of the municipal council of Boxmeer for the

between 1 January 1998 and 8 April 2010, serving as group leader between 2002 and 2010. After the 2010 municipal elections he became alderman. After the next municipal elections in 2014 he stayed on as alderman but received a different portfolio and was also named deputy mayor. In the Parliamentary elections of 2012 Ronnes occupied number fourteen on the Christian Democratic Appeal party list and the party managed to obtain thirteen seats. Ronnes was thus not elected. On 20 May 2015 he joined the

when he replaced Sander de Rouwe. On 15 May 2020 he became member of the

of North Brabant. He formally left the House of Representatives on 20 May 2020 and was replaced by Julius Terpstra. Ronnes was made member of the

Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau () is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has performed acts of special merits for ...

on 20 May 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ronnes, Erik 1967 births Living people 20th-century Dutch politicians Aldermen in North Brabant Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Dutch MPs 2017–2021 Dutch MPs 2012–2017 Members of the Provincial-Executive of North Brabant Municipal councillors of Boxmeer Recipients of the Order of Orange-Nassau Christian Democratic Appeal MPs