Gerrit Brokx

Dutch politician (1933–2002)

His Excellency Gerrit Brokx
Gerrit Brokx in 1978

Mayor of Tilburg
In office 16 May 1988 – 1 June 1997
Preceded by	Wim Dijkstra (Ad interim)
Succeeded by	Johan Stekelenburg
State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
In office 5 November 1982 – 23 October 1986
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by	Siepie de Jong as State Secretary for Housing and Spatial Planning
Succeeded by	Enneüs Heerma
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 3 June 1986 – 14 July 1986
In office 21 September 1982 – 5 November 1982
In office 15 September 1981 – 16 September 1982
In office 10 June 1981 – 9 September 1981
Parliamentary group	Christian Democratic Appeal
State Secretary for Housing and Spatial Planning
In office 28 December 1977 – 11 September 1981
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Preceded by	Jan Schaefer Marcel van Dam
Succeeded by	Siepie de Jong

Personal details
Born	Gerardus Philippus Brokx (1933-06-22)22 June 1933 Oosterhout, Netherlands
Died	11 January 2002(2002-01-11) (aged 68) Tilburg, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Other political affiliations	Catholic People's Party (1963–1980)
Spouse	Marjolein Uitzinger (m. 1988)
Alma mater	Utrecht University (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician · Jurist · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Sport administrator

Gerardus Philippus "Gerrit" Brokx (22 June 1933 – 11 January 2002) was a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date
Honours
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	26 October 1981
	Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	30 April 1988

References

External links

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Official

(in Dutch) Mr. G.Ph. (Gerrit) Brokx Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded by Jan Schaefer	State Secretary for Housing and Spatial Planning 1977–1981	Succeeded by Siepie de Jong
Preceded by Marcel van Dam	State Secretary for Housing and Spatial Planning 1977–1981	Succeeded by Siepie de Jong
Preceded by Siepie de Jong as State Secretary for Housing and Spatial Planning	State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment 1982–1986	Succeeded by Enneüs Heerma
Preceded by Wim Dijkstra Ad interim	Mayor of Tilburg 1988–1997	Succeeded by Johan Stekelenburg

State Secretaries for Housing of the Netherlands

Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Buck
Schaefer
Van Dam
Brokx
De Jong
Brokx
Heerma
Tommel
Remkes
Van Geel

v t e Second Lubbers cabinet (1986–1989)
Preceded by: First Lubbers cabinet Succeeded by: Third Lubbers cabinet
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Rudolf de Korte (Economic Affairs)
Ministers	Kees van Dijk (Interior) (1986–1987) Jan de Koning (Interior and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (Ad interim) Kees van Dijk (Interior) (from 1987) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) Onno Ruding (Finance) Frits Korthals Altes (Justice) Wim van Eekelen (Defence) (1986–1988) Piet Bukman (Defence) (ad interim) Frits Bolkestein (Defence) (from 1988) Elco Brinkman (Welfare, Health and Culture) Jan de Koning (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (1986–1987) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs and Employment) (Ad interim) Jan de Koning (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (from 1987) Wim Deetman (Education and Sciences) (1986–1989) Gerrit Braks (Education and Sciences) (Ad interim) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) Ed Nijpels (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Minister without portfolio	Piet Bukman (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (Interior) René van der Linden (Foreign Affairs) (1986–1988) Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (Foreign Affairs) (from 1988) Henk Koning (Finance) Virginie Korte-van Hemel (Justice) Enneüs Heerma (Economic Affairs) (1986) Yvonne van Rooy (Economic Affairs) (from 1986) Albert-Jan Evenhuis (Economic Affairs) (1986–1989) Jan van Houwelingen (Defence) Dick Dees (Welfare, Health and Culture) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs and Employment) Nell Ginjaar-Maas (Education and Sciences) Gerrit Brokx (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (1986) Enneüs Heerma (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (from 1986)

v t e First Lubbers cabinet (1982–1986)
Preceded by: Third Van Agt cabinet Succeeded by: Second Lubbers cabinet
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Gijs van Aardenne (Economic Affairs)
Ministers	Koos Rietkerk (Interior) (1982–1986) (†) Frits Korthals Altes (Interior) (Ad interim) Rudolf de Korte (Interior) (from 1986) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) Onno Ruding (Finance) Frits Korthals Altes (Justice) Job de Ruiter (Defence) Elco Brinkman (Welfare, Health and Culture) Jan de Koning (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) Wim Deetman (Education and Sciences) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) Pieter Winsemius (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Minister without portfolio	Eegje Schoo (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Marius van Amelsvoort (Interior) Wim van Eekelen (Foreign Affairs) Henk Koning (Finance) Virginie Korte-van Hemel (Justice) Piet van Zeil (Economic Affairs) Frits Bolkestein (Economic Affairs) Jan van Houwelingen (Defence) Charl Schwietert (Defence) (1982) Willem Hoekzema (Defence) (from 1982) Joop van der Reijden (Welfare, Health and Culture) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs and Employment) Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello (Social Affairs and Employment) Nell Ginjaar-Maas (Education and Sciences) Gerard van Leijenhorst (Education and Sciences) Jaap Scherpenhuizen (Transport and Water Management) Ad Ploeg (Agriculture and Fisheries) Gerrit Brokx (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

v t e First Van Agt cabinet (1977–1981)
Preceded by: Den Uyl cabinet Succeeded by: Second Van Agt cabinet
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Hans Wiegel (Interior)
Ministers	Chris van der Klaauw (Foreign Affairs) Frans Andriessen (Finance) (1977–1980) Gijs van Aardenne (Finance) (Ad interim) Fons van der Stee (Finance and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (from 1980) Job de Ruiter (Justice) Gijs van Aardenne (Economic Affairs) Roelof Kruisinga (Defence) (1977–1978) Jan de Koning (Defence) (Ad interim) Willem Scholten (Defence) (1978–1980) Pieter de Geus (Defence) (from 1980) Leendert Ginjaar (Health and Environment) Wil Albeda (Social Affairs) Arie Pais (Education and Sciences) Dany Tuijnman (Transport and Water Management) Fons van der Stee (Agriculture and Fisheries and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1977–1980) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) (from 1980) Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland (Housing and Spatial Planning) (1977–1981) Dany Tuijnman (Housing and Spatial Planning) (from 1981) (Ad interim) Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Jan de Koning (Development Cooperation) Rinus Peijnenburg (Science Policy) (1977–1979) (†) Leendert Ginjaar (Science Policy) (Ad interim) Ton van Trier (Science Policy) (from 1979)
State Secretaries	Henk Koning (Interior) Durk van der Mei (Foreign Affairs) Ad Nooteboom (Finance) (1977–1980) Marius van Amelsvoort (Finance) (from 1980) Bert Haars (Justice) Ted Hazekamp (Economic Affairs) Has Beyen (Economic Affairs) Cees van Lent (Defence) Wim van Eekelen (Defence) Els Veder-Smit (Health and Environment) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs) Klaas de Jong (Education and Sciences) Ad Hermes (Education and Sciences) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Brokx (Housing and Spatial Planning) Jeltien Kraaijeveld-Wouters (Culture, Recreation and Social Work) Gerard Wallis de Vries (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)