F.H.G.M. (Frans) Ronnes (16 October 1948 – 12 June 2017) was a Dutch politician. He was a member of the

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(Christen-Democratisch Appèl). From 2001 to 2013 he was

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of the municipality of Haaren. Ronnes was born 16 October 1948 in the village of

Vierlingsbeek Vierlingsbeek () is a village in the former municipality of Boxmeer in North Brabant province of the Netherlands. Until it was included in Boxmeer in 1998, it was a municipality of its own. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Lan ...

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the we ...

. From 1998 to 2001 he was an

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of the municipality of

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. Both municipalities are situated in the province of

. In October 2014, he assumed the post of interim mayor of

Laarbeek Laarbeek () is a municipality located in the province of North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands. It was formed in 1997 from the former municipalities Beek en Donk, Aarle-Rixtel and Lieshout (which included the village Mariahout). Laarbeek is ...

after Hans Obachs left office, which he held until his cancer diagnosis in 2016. He was the president of the Charter of European Rural Communities. Ronnes died on 12 June 2017 after a battle with prostate cancer. His sons

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(born 1977) and

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(born 1978) are

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players.

References

Reappointment mayor Ronnes
Haaren website

External links

Mayor Frans Ronnes
Haaren website 1948 births 2017 deaths Christian Democratic Appeal politicians Mayors in North Brabant People from Haaren, North Brabant Aldermen in North Brabant People from Boxmeer Deaths from cancer in the Netherlands Deaths from prostate cancer {{Netherlands-mayor-stub