Hendrikus Rutgerus Bernardus Maria (Henk) Kummeling (born 10 January 1961) is a Dutch law professor.
From 2005 until 2016 he was chair of the Dutch National Electoral Council.
Since 2018 he is rector of Utrecht University, and since December 2024 is the chair of the Coalition on Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA).
[1] Kummeling studied law at the Radboud University Nijmegen where he obtained a PhD in 1988 under the supervision of Constantijn Kortmann.
[3][5] He chaired the State Committee on Rule of Law, established by the cabinet, parliament, and judicial branch in response to political scandals that harmed public trust such as the childcare benefits scandal, induced earthquakes in Groningen due to gas extraction, and the nitrogen crisis.