Minister of Justice and Security of the Netherlands | |
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Minister van Justitie en Veiligheid | |
Ministry of Justice and Security | |
Style | His/Her Excellency |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Formation | 12 March 1798 |
First holder | Reinier Willem Tadama as Secretary for Justice |
Deputy | Ingrid Coenradie as State Secretary for Justice and Security Teun Struycken as State Secretary for Legal Protection |
Salary | €170.000 (as of 2022 excluding expenses) |
Website | Minister of Justice and Security |
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The minister of justice and security (Dutch : Minister van Justitie en Veiligheid) is the head of the Ministry of Justice and Security and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The current minister is David van Weel of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been in office since 2 July 2024. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry, tasked with specific portfolios. The current state secretaries are Ingrid Coenradie of the Party for Freedom (PVV) and Teun Struycken of New Social Contract (NSC) who also have been in office since 2 July 2024. Occasionally, there has also been a minister without portfolio assigned to the ministry who is also giving specific portfolios.
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Government | ||
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Reinier Willem Tadama | 12 March 1798 | 26 October 1798 | Unitarian | Uitvoerend Bewind | ||
Jan Reuvens | 12 March 1798 | 26 October 1798 | Moderate |
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Government | ||
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Jan Reuvens | 18 December 1801 | 1 March 1802 | Moderate | Staatsbewind |
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Grand Pensionary | ||
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Jan van Hooff | 4 July 1806 | 29 July 1806 | Moderate Unitarian | Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck |
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Monarch | ||
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Jan van Hooff | 29 July 1806 | 22 May 1807 | Moderate Unitarian | Louis I | ||
Jacob Jan Cambier | 20 November 1807 | 10 December 1807 | Moderate | |||
Alexander van Hugenpoth tot Aerdt | 27 May 1809 | 31 December 1810 | Moderate |
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Cabinet | |
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Ivo Opstelten (born 1944) | 14 October 2010 – 10 March 2015 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Rutte I [56] | ||
Rutte II [57] | |||||
Stef Blok (born 1964) | 10 March 2015 – 20 March 2015 Ad Interim | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||
Ard van der Steur (born 1969) | 20 March 2015 – 27 January 2017 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||
Stef Blok (born 1964) | 27 January 2017 – 26 October 2017 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Cabinet | |
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Dr. Ferdinand Grapperhaus (born 1959) | 26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Rutte III [58] | ||
Dilan Yeşilgöz (born 1977) | 10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Rutte IV [59] | ||
David van Weel (born 1976) | 2 July 2024 – Incumbent | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Schoof [60] |
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