Jan Anthonie Bruijn

• Johns Hopkins University
• Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Leiden University

Jan Anthonie Bruijn
Bruijn in 2023
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 September 2025
Occupation	Politician physician professor

Jan Anthonie Bruijn (born 7 February 1958) is a Dutch pathologist and politician. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he became a member of the Senate on 6 November 2012. He was president of the Senate between July 2019 and September 2025. Bruijn also worked as a professor of immunopathology at Leiden University. ^[1] Since September 2025, he has served as Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport in the Schoof cabinet. ^[2]

Honours

• Spain: Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (9 April 2024) ^[3]

References

1. Dutch News (2 July 2019). "Jan Anthonie Bruijn elected new senate leader". DutchNews. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
2. "Weer nieuwe gezichten in kabinet dat alleen nog op de winkel moet passen" [Yet more new faces in the cabinet who only have to take care]. NOS (in Dutch). 5 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
3. "Real Decreto 377/2024, de 9 de abril, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito Civil a las personalidades neerlandesas que se citan" [Royal Decree 377/2024, of April 9, by which the Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit is awarded to the Dutch personalities mentioned.] (in Spanish). 9 April 2024.

External links

• Media related to Jan Anthonie Bruijn at Wikimedia Commons
• Government profile

Political offices
Preceded by Daniëlle Jansen	Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport 2025–present	Incumbent