Arno Brok

{{Short description|Dutch politician (born 1968)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Arno Brok

|image = Burgemeester-brok-1366958702.jpg

|caption = Arno Brok in 2011

|office = King's Commissioner of Friesland

|term_start = 1 March 2017

|term_end =

|monarch = Willem-Alexander

|predecessor = John Jorritsma

|successor = Incumbent

|office1 = Mayor of Dordrecht

|term_start1 = 1 February 2010

|term_end1 = 1 March 2017

|predecessor1 = Ronald Bandell

|successor1 = Peter van der Velden

|office2 = Mayor of Sneek

|term_start2 = 1 December 2003

|term_end2 = 1 February 2010

|predecessor2 = Siebold Hartkamp

|successor2 = Haijo Apotheker

|birthname = Arnoud Adrianus Maria Brok

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|07|29|df=y}}

|birth_place = Leerdam, Netherlands

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|nationality = Dutch

|party = People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

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|alma_mater = Thorbecke Academie
(Bachelor of Public Administration)
University of Twente
(Master of Public Administration)

|occupation = Politician
civil servant

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Arnoud Adrianus Maria "Arno" Brok (born 29 July 1968) is a Dutch politician serving as the King's Commissioner of Friesland since 2017.{{in lang|nl}} [https://nos.nl/artikel/2149466-arno-brok-nieuwe-commissaris-van-de-koning-van-friesland.html Arno Brok nieuwe commissaris van de koning van Friesland], NOS, 21 December 2016. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he previously served as Mayor of Sneek from 2003 to 2010 and Mayor of Dordrecht from 2010 until 2017.

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

Decorations

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| Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

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| Officer of the Order of Oranje-Nassau

| Netherlands

| 24 February 2017

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