Gerrit Braks

From 11 March 1991 until 1 April 1996 he was chairman of the Katholieke Radio Omroep. On 1 September 2007 he was named acting mayor of Eindhoven until after a referendum the next mayor was named by the crown on 7 April 2008. == Honours ==

He was invested as a Commander in the Order of the Netherlands Lion and as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau. He also received the Jacoba van Beierenprijs in 1990, an honorary badge from the Wageningen University and Research Centre in 1993 and was an honorary citizen of the Dutch province of North Brabant. The Spanish king made him Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Isabella the Catholic. ==Decorations==

National • Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1 May 1991) • Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau (10 June 2003) • Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (26 October 1981) • Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau (30 April 1996) Foreign • : Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II (15 June 1992) • : • Grand Officer of the Order of Legion of Honour (20 November 1988) • Commander of the Order of Agricultural Merit (10 December 1986) • : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (17 September 1987) ==References==