On his last day as a politician in the House of Representatives, Mark Strolenberg was appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau. De Hoogevener served in the House of Representatives on behalf of the VVD for two years.
On According to Hoogevener, politics faces major challenges, but he trusts that everything is possible through connection.
In addition to his membership in the House of Representatives, Strolenberg was also a municipal councilor of Hoogeveen for 12 years and between 2004 and 2021 he was a general member on the board of the Reest en Wieden water board, which later became the Drents Overijsselse Delta.