Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands | |
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Minister van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat | |
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 | Vivianne Heijnen as State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management |
Salary | €157,287 (As of 2017 [update] ) (including €4,193 of expenses) |
Website | Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management |
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For full list, see List of ministers of transport of the Netherlands.(in Dutch)
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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] | ||
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Eimert van Middelkoop (born 1949) | 23 February 2010 – 14 October 2010 [Minister] | Christian Union | ||||
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