Clemens Cornielje

Clemens Gerard Antoon Cornielje (10 June 1958 – 17 March 2022) was a Dutch politician and political consultant and educator.

Born in Lobith, he was member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie).

[1] Cornielje studied biology and mathematics at a vocational university in Nijmegen to become a teacher in secondary education.

[4] On 2 August 2018, it was announced that Cornielje had temporarily resigned from his duties as King's commissioner because of meningitis.

[7] Clemens Cornielje was one of three openly gay politicians who served as King's Commissioner, the other two are Jan Franssen and Arno Brok.

Cornielje at the appointment of Otwin van Dijk as mayor of Oude IJsselstreek in 2016