Gemeente Hardinxveld-Giessendam
Kees Nieuwenhuizen has extensive professional experience in project leadership and coordination, currently serving as projectleider and coördinator at Gemeente Hardinxveld-Giessendam since May 1990. Previously, Kees held the position of fractievoorzitter ChristenUnie at Gemeente Aalburg from November 2015 until December 2018, during which the municipality merged with Werkendam and Woudrichem to form the new municipality of Altena. From 2000 to 2010, Kees was a raadslid at Gemeente Aalburg and served as ouderling kerkrentmeester at Protestantse Kerk Nederland, Hervormde gemeente Veen from January 2006 to December 2017, fulfilling the role of secretary and managing properties and agricultural land. Kees's early career includes working at Ingenieursbureau Van der Mast in Gorinchem from 1985 to 1990. Kees obtained a degree in civil engineering, specializing in road and water construction, from Hogeschool Midden Brabant HTS Tilburg between 1977 and 1983, after completing education at Oude Hoven Gorinchem and Eben-Haezer Woudrichem.