| Henk Leenders | |
| Office: | Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands |
| Term Start: | 10 September 2014 |
| Term End: | 23 March 2017 |
| Office2: | Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands |
| Term Start2: | 3 September 2013 |
| Term End2: | 11 December 2013 |
| Birth Date: | 28 January 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Elst, Netherlands |
| Party: | Labour Party |
Henk Leenders (born 28 January 1955) is a Dutch politician.
Leenders studied nursing at the Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital in Nijmegen between 1972 and 1976, he followed this up with a study of management at the HAN University of Applied Sciences between 1979 and 1981. He studied health sciences at Maastricht University between 1989 and 1992.[1]
He was member of the municipal council of Breda 16 March 2006 and 11 March 2010. He was a member of the States of North Brabant between 10 March 2011 and 3 October 2014, where he served as party leader.[1]
On 3 September 2013 he was installed as member of the Dutch House of Representatives as a temporary replacement for Yasemin Çegerek, who went on pregnancy leave. His temporary term lasted from 3 September until 11 December 2013.[2] [3]
He returned to the House of Representatives on 10 September 2014 when he succeeded Mariëtte Hamer who became chair of the Social-Economic Council.[4] His term in the House ended on 23 March 2017.[1]