{{Short description|Dutch politician (born 1946)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Henk ten Hoeve | image = | image_size = | office = Leader of the [[Independent Senate Group]] in the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] | term_start = 9 June 2015 | term_end = 11 June 2019 | predecessor = [[Kees de Lange]] | successor = | term_start1 = 10 June 2003 | term_end1 = 7 June 2011 | predecessor1 = [[Marten Bierman]] | successor1 = [[Kees de Lange]] | office2 = Member of the {{nowrap|[[Provincial Council of Friesland]]}} | term_start2 = 1980 | term_end2 = 1988 | office3 = Chairman of the [[Frisian National Party]] | term_start3 = 1976 | term_end3 = 1980 | birth_name = Hendrik ten Hoeve | birth_date = 15 September 1946 | birth_place = [[Heerenveen]], Netherlands | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Independent Senate Group]] | other_party = [[Frisian National Party]] | spouse = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married --> | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]] | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Hendrik (Henk) ten Hoeve''' (born 15 September 1946) is a Dutch politician. He led the [[Independent Senate Group]] (OSF) in the [[Senate of the Netherlands|Senate]] from 10 June 2003 until 7 June 2011, and again from 9 June 2015 to 11 June 2019.
Ten Hoeve was born in [[Heerenveen]]. He studied economics at the [[Netherlands School of Economics]] in Rotterdam. He is the leader of the board of directors of the [[Dockingacollege]] school in [[Dokkum]], having been one of its economics teachers and then its "conrector" (deputy head). From 1976 to 1980, Ten Hoeve was chairman of the [[Frisian National Party]] and from 1980 to 1988 the party's leader in the [[Provincial Council of Friesland]].
In 2003, in the election for the Senate, he won one vote more than the party leader [[Fons Zinken]]. Thus Ten Hoeve was placed as number two on the voted preference list. In 2007, he was re-elected. He was also re-elected in 2015.
==References== * {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.parlement.com/9291000/bio/03037 Parlement.com biography]
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