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.
The Ministry of Agriculture,Nature and Food Quality is the Dutch Ministry responsible for agricultural policy,food policy,food safety,fisheries,forestry,natural conservation and animal welfare. The Ministry was created in 1935 and in 2010 the department was merged with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and was named the Ministry of Economic Affairs,Agriculture and Innovation. The Ministry was reinstated in 2017;it is headed by the Minister of Agriculture,Nature and Food Quality,a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands. The last official Minister was Henk Staghouwer he quit his job as Minister on September 5,2022. Because he felt he didn't fit the job. Currently Carola Schouten is acting Minister of Agriculture,Nature and Food Quality. She does this alongside her other Minister job.
It may be noted here that despite its small size,the Netherlands is the worlds' second exporter of agricultural products,after the United States.
Stephanus Abraham "Stef" Blok is a Dutch politician serving as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy in the Third Rutte cabinet from 25 May 2021 till 10 January 2022. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Halbe Zijlstra is a retired Dutch politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 26 October 2017 to 13 February 2018 in the Third Rutte cabinet. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Cornelia Johanna "Carola" Schouten is a Dutch politician serving as third Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister for Poverty Policy,Participation and Pensions in the IV Rutte Cabinet since 10 January 2022. She has served as Minister of Agriculture,Nature and Food Quality in the Third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to 2022. She is a member of the Christian Union (CU).
The second Rutte cabinet,also called the Rutte–Asscher cabinet,was the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands from 5 November 2012 until 26 October 2017. The cabinet was formed by the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA) after the election of 2012. The cabinet was a centrist grand coalition and had a slim majority in the House of Representatives. VVD Leader Mark Rutte served as Prime Minister;prominent PvdA politician Lodewijk Asscher,a former alderman of Amsterdam,served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Employment.
Johannes Cornelis "Co" Verdaas is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party. He served as State Secretary for the Ministry of Economic Affairs,dealing with agriculture,nature,food quality,tourism and postal affairs in the Cabinet Rutte II from 5 November 2012 until his resignation on 6 December 2012. He previously served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 30 January 2003 until 29 November 2006,and as a member of the Provincial Executive of the province of Gelderland from 2007 to 2012. Due to doubtful traffic expenses in his capacity of last one,he stepped down as a State Secretary.
Juan David Yrausquin is an Aruban politician. He was Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba between 17 November 2016 and 20 November 2017. He was Minister of Finance between 2013 and 2014 in the second Mike Eman cabinet.
The third Rutte cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 26 October 2017 until 10 January 2022. It was formed by a coalition government of the political parties People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA),Democrats 66 (D66) and Christian Union (CU) after the general election of 2017.
The Dutch farmers' protests are a series of demonstrations by Dutch livestock farmers,characterised by the use of tractors to block roads,and occupy public spaces. The protests were initially triggered in October 2019 by a proposal in parliament to halve the country's livestock in an attempt to limit agricultural pollution in the Netherlands,but protesting farmers have frequently told media that they are motivated by a perceived lack of respect for their profession by the Dutch populace,media and politicians. The protests combined several action groups and an amalgamation of larger goals,which included less government regulation for farmers,more air time for pro-farmer sentiments,and more policy to punish Shell and Tata Steel for their part in the emission crisis.
Johannes Alexander "Hans" Vijlbrief is a Dutch civil servant,economist,and politician,who currently serves as State Secretary for the Extractive Industries. He is a member of the social-liberal party Democrats 66 (D66).
Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 November 2023 to elect the members of the House of Representatives. The elections had been expected to be held in 2025 but a snap election was called after the fourth Rutte cabinet collapsed on 7 July 2023 due to immigration policy disagreements between the coalition parties. The incumbent prime minister Mark Rutte announced that he would not lead his party into the election and that he would retire from politics.
Anthony Albertus Hermance "Thom" van Campen is a Dutch politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since 2021. A member of the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),he previously held a seat in the Zwolle municipal council (2011–2021) and worked as a political assistant.
A process of cabinet formation took place following the 2021 Dutch general election,leading to the formation of the Fourth Rutte cabinet in 2022. The coalition consisted of People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),Democrats 66 (D66),Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and Christian Union (CU),the same parties that formed the preceding Third Rutte cabinet. At 299 days,it was the longest formation in Dutch history.
The fourth Rutte cabinet is the current cabinet of the Netherlands. It was inaugurated on 10 January 2022. The cabinet is a continuation of the third Rutte cabinet and is formed by the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD),the social liberal Democrats 66 (D66) and the Christian democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and Christian Union (CU) after the election of 2021. The cabinet fell on 7 July 2023,after failing to reach an agreement on separate treatment of refugees fleeing from war. As a result,the cabinet became demissionary.
In the run-up to the 2023 Dutch general election,various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intentions in the Netherlands. Results of such polls are displayed in this list.
The parliamentary inquiry into natural gas extraction Groningen was a parliamentary inquiry by the Dutch House of Representatives between 2021 and 2023 and was investigating the natural gas extraction from the Groningen gas field and the problems that it caused. The goal of the inquiry was to gain insight into decision-making regarding natural gas extraction,earthquakes,damage handling and reinforcement of buildings.
