What is Clemens Cornielje?
[[File:2011-06-22 HdP Gelderse Ontmoeting 01.jpg|right|200px]] '''Clemens Gerard Antoon Cornielje''' (10 June 1958 – 17 March 2022) was a Dutch politician of the [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD), political consultant and teacher.<ref>[https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09lll3pqzt/c_g_a_clemens_cornielje C.G.A. (Clemens) Cornielje], Parlement.com</ref> From 1994 until 2005, Cornielje was a member of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]], and from 2005 until 2019, Queen's/King's Commissioner of [[Gelderland]]. He was a [[Roman Catholic]] and openly [[gay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coc.nl/jouw-belangen/clemens-cornielje-afscheid-en-welkom|title=Clemens Cornielje – afscheid en welkom|work=coc.com|language=Dutch|date=29 August 2005|accessdate=30 October 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030182417/https://www.coc.nl/jouw-belangen/clemens-cornielje-afscheid-en-welkom|archivedate=30 October 2017}}</ref> Cornielje was born in [[Lobith]] and diagnosed with [[brain cancer]] in 2017. He died from this illness in [[Arnhem]] at the age of 63.<ref>[https://www.gelderlander.nl/arnhem/rutte-eert-overleden-oud-commissaris-clemens-cornielje-63-hij-blijft-in-mijn-herinnering-als-een-integer-en-aimabel-mens~aab0b669/ Rutte eert overleden oud-commissaris Clemens Cornielje (63): ‘Hij blijft in mijn herinnering als een integer en aimabel mens’] {{in lang|nl}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornielje, Clemens}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Dutch provincial politicians]] [[Category:Dutch Roman Catholics]] [[Category:Dutch teachers]] [[Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands]] [[Category:Gay men]] [[Category:LGBT Christians]] [[Category:Dutch LGBT politicians]] [[Category:People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from Gelderland]] {{bio-stub}}