Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands | |
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Minister van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat | |
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Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management | |
Style | His/Her Excellency |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
First holder | Adriaan Twent van Raaphorst as Minister of Water Management 27 May 1809 Steef van Schaik as Minister of Transport 25 June 1945 Hein Vos as Minister of Transport and Water Management 1 March 1947 Melanie Schultz van Haegen as Minister of Infrastructure 14 October 2010 |
Deputy | Chris Jansen as State Secretary for Public Transport and the Environment |
Salary | €157,287 (As of 2017 [update] ) (including €4,193 of expenses) |
Website | Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management |
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The minister of infrastructure and water management (Dutch : Minister van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat) is the head of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Barry Madlener of the Party for Freedom (PVV) who has been in office since 2 July 2024. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios. Chris Jansen of the PVV has been serving as state secretary since 2 July 2024, and he has been assigned the portfolios of public transport and the environment (excluding climate).
For full list, see List of ministers of transport of the Netherlands.(in Dutch)
Minister of Public Works and Reconstruction | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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![]() | Dr. Johan Ringers (1885–1965) | 25 June 1945 – 15 November 1946 [Res] | Independent Classical Liberal | Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn– Drees) | |
Louis Beel (Beel I) [25] | |||||
![]() | Hein Vos (1903–1972) | 15 November 1946 – 3 March 1947 [Acting] [Minister] | Labour Party | ||
Minister of Reconstruction and Housing | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
![]() | Lambertus Neher (1899–1967) | 3 March 1947 – 1 March 1948 [Res] | Labour Party | Louis Beel (Beel I) [25] | |
![]() | Dr. Joris in 't Veld (1895–1981) | 1 March 1948 – 2 September 1952 | Labour Party | ||
Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik • Drees I) [26] [27] | |||||
![]() | Herman Witte (1909–1973) | 2 September 1952 – 13 October 1956 | Catholic People's Party | Willem Drees (Drees II) [28] | |
Minister of Housing and Construction | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
![]() | Herman Witte (1909–1973) | 13 October 1956 – 19 May 1959 | Catholic People's Party | Willem Drees (Drees III) [29] | |
Louis Beel (Beel II) [30] | |||||
![]() | Jan van Aartsen (1909–1992) | 19 May 1959 – 24 July 1963 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Jan de Quay (De Quay) [31] | |
![]() | Pieter Bogaers (1924–2008) | 24 July 1963 – 14 April 1965 | Catholic People's Party | Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) [32] | |
Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
![]() | Pieter Bogaers (1924–2008) | 14 April 1965 – 22 November 1966 | Catholic People's Party | Jo Cals (Cals) [33] | |
![]() | Herman Witte (1909–1973) | 22 November 1966 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party | Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) [34] | |
![]() | Wim Schut (1920–2006) | 5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Piet de Jong (De Jong) [35] | |
![]() | Bé Udink (1926–2016) | 6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 [Minister] | Christian Historical Union | Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) [36] | |
![]() | Hans Gruijters (1931–2005) | 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 | Democrats 66 | Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) [37] | |
![]() | Jonkheer Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland (1932–2021) | 19 December 1977 – 1 September 1981 [App] | Christian Historical Union | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) [38] | |
Christian Democratic Appeal | |||||
![]() | Dany Tuijnman (1915–1992) | 1 September 1981 – 11 September 1981 [Ad Interim] [Minister] | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | ||
![]() | Marcel van Dam (born 1938) | 11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 [Res] | Labour Party | Dries van Agt (Van Agt II) [39] | |
![]() | Erwin Nypels (born 1933) | 29 May 1982 – 4 November 1982 | Democrats 66 | Dries van Agt (Van Agt III) [40] | |
Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
![]() | Dr. Pieter Winsemius (born 1942) | 4 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I) [41] | |
![]() | Ed Nijpels (born 1950) | 14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II) [42] | |
![]() | Hans Alders (born 1952) | 7 November 1989 – 22 August 1994 | Labour Party | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) [43] | |
![]() | Margreeth de Boer (born 1939) | 22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998 | Labour Party | Wim Kok (Kok I) [44] | |
![]() | Jan Pronk (born 1940) | 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 | Labour Party | Wim Kok (Kok II) [45] | |
![]() | Henk Kamp (born 1952) | 22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 [Minister] | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) [46] | |
![]() | Sybilla Dekker (born 1942) | 27 May 2003 – 21 September 2006 [Res] | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II) [47] | |
Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende III) [48] | |||||
![]() | Karla Peijs (born 1944) | 21 September 2006 – 26 September 2006 [Ad Interim] [Minister] | Christian Democratic Appeal | ||
![]() | Dr. Pieter Winsemius (born 1942) | 26 September 2006 – 22 February 2007 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | ||
![]() | Dr. Jacqueline Cramer (born 1951) | 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 [Res] | Labour Party | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) [49] | |
![]() | Tineke Huizinga (born 1960) | 23 February 2010 – 14 October 2010 | Christian Union | ||
Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
![]() | Mona Keijzer (born 1968) | 2 July 2024 – Incumbent | Farmer–Citizen Movement | Dick Schoof (Schoof) [54] |
Minister without Portfolio | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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![]() | Ella Vogelaar (1949–2019) | • Integration • Public Housing • Minorities | 22 February 2007 – 14 November 2008 [Res] | Labour Party | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) [49] | |
![]() | Eberhard van der Laan (1955–2017) | 14 November 2008 – 23 February 2010 [Res] | Labour Party | |||
![]() | Eimert van Middelkoop (born 1949) | 23 February 2010 – 14 October 2010 [Minister] | Christian Union | |||
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