Hendrikus Rutgerus Bernardus Maria (Henk) Kummeling (born 10 January 1961 in
Pannerden
Pannerden is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Zevenaar.
Pannerden was a separate municipality from 1818 to 1985, when it became a part of the new municipality of Rijnwaarden.
Histo ...
) is a Dutch
professor of
law. From 2005 until 2016 he was chair of the Dutch National Electoral Council. Since 2018 he is
rector
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of
Utrecht University.
Kummeling studied law at the
Radboud University Nijmegen where he obtained a
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in 1988 under the supervision of
Constantijn Kortmann. He worked as a scientist at the
Radboud University Nijmegen and
Utrecht University. In 1994 he was appointed parttime professor of Constitutional Law and Administrative Law at
Tilburg University. In 1995 he was appointed full professor of Constitutional Law and Comparative Constitutional Law at
Utrecht University, where he was dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance from 2008 until 2014. In 2015 he was appointed distinguished professor of Utrecht University (
Dutch: ''universiteitshoogleraar''), which is a Dutch honorary university function.
[Henk Kummeling appointed distinguished professor of Utrecht University](_blank)
Utrecht University, 31 March 2015 Since 1 June 2018 Kummeling is
rector
Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to:
Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
Utrecht University.
From 2005 until 2016 he was chair of the Dutch National Electoral Council (
Dutch: ''kiesraad''), the highest electoral authority in the Netherlands.
kiesraad.nl, reviewed on 5 June 2019
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Academic staff of Utrecht University
Dutch legal scholars
Rectors of universities in the Netherlands
1961 births
Living people