Hendrik Elle "Henk" Koning (7 June 1933 – 31 December 2016) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and economist.

After the election of 1977 Koning was appointed as State Secretary for the Interior in the Cabinet Van Agt-Wiegel, taking office on 28 December 1977.

After the election of 1981 Koning returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 25 August 1981 serving as a frontbencher and the de facto Whip.

The Cabinet Lubbers II fell on 3 May 1989 following a disagreement in the coalition about the increase of tariffs and excises and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity.

[1] Koning retired after spending 32 years in national politics and became active in the private sector and public sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (ING Group, DSM company, Randstad NV, Den Haan Rotterdam B.V., Prince Bernhard Culture Foundation, Maritime Museum Rotterdam and the Energy Research Centre) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Public Pension Funds PFZW, Cadastre Agency and Statistics Netherlands).