Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands | |
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Viceminister-president van Nederland | |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Formation | 25 June 1945 |
First holder | Willem Drees |
Salary | €144,000 annually (including €7,887.24 expenses) |
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The deputy prime minister of the Netherlands (Dutch : Viceminister-president van Nederland) is the official deputy of the head of government of the Netherlands. In the absence of the prime minister of the Netherlands the deputy prime minister takes over his functions, such as chairing the Cabinet of the Netherlands and the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands. Conventionally, all of the junior partners in the coalition get one deputy, and the deputies are ranked according to the size of their respective parties. The incumbent deputy prime ministers are Rob Jetten of the Democrats 66 serving as Minister for Climate and Energy, Karien van Gennip of the Christian Democratic Appeal serving as Minister of Social Affairs and Employment and Carola Schouten of the Christian Union serving as Minister for Welfare and Civic Engagement.
Deputy Prime Minister | Term | Age |
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Hans Wiegel | 1977–1981 | 16 July 1941 |
Jan Terlouw | 1981–1982 | 15 November 1931 |
Annemarie Jorritsma | 1998–2002 | 1 June 1950 |
Eduard Bomhoff | 2002 | 30 September 1944 |
Johan Remkes | 2002–2003 | 15 June 1951 |
Roelf de Boer | 2002–2003 | 9 October 1949 |
Gerrit Zalm | 2003–2007 | 6 May 1952 |
Thom de Graaf | 2003–2005 | 11 June 1957 |
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst | 2005–2006 | 18 March 1937 |
Wouter Bos | 2007–2010 | 14 July 1963 |
André Rouvoet | 2007–2010 | 4 January 1962 |
Maxime Verhagen | 2010–2012 | 14 September 1956 |
Lodewijk Asscher | 2012–2017 | 27 September 1974 |
Wouter Koolmees | 2019–2020 | 20 March 1977 |
Hugo de Jonge | 2017–2022 | 26 September 1977 |
Kajsa Ollongren | 2017–2019 2020–2022 | 28 May 1967 |
Wopke Hoekstra | 2022–2023 | 30 September 1975 |
Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers was a Dutch politician, diplomat and businessman who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994, and as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 2001 to 2005. He was a member of the Catholic People's Party (KVP), which later merged to become the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party.
The minister of foreign affairs is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Hanke Bruins Slot of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who has been in office since 5 September 2023. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios, currently the function is not in use. Additionally since 1965 there has been a minister without portfolio assigned to the ministry, the minister for foreign trade and development cooperation has traditionally development cooperation as portfolio, since 2012 the portfolio of trade and export has been assigned added to the function. The current minister for foreign trade and development cooperation is Liesje Schreinemacher of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been in office since 1 September 2023.
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