Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands | |
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Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties | |
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations | |
Style | His/Her Excellency |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
First holder | Paulus van der Heim as Secretary for India Affairs and Commerce 29 June 1806 |
Deputy | Zsolt Szabó as State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation |
Salary | €157,287 (As of 2017 [update] ) (including €4,193 of expenses) |
Website | Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
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The minister of the interior and kingdom relations (Dutch : Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties) is the head of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers and dual serves as the minister of the interior. The current minister is Judith Uitermark of the New Social Contract (NSC) party who has been in office since 2 July 2024. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios. The current state secretary is Zsolt Szabó of the Party for Freedom (PVV) who also has been in office since 2 July 2024 and has been assigned the portfolios of kingdom relations and digital government.
For full list, see List of ministers of kingdom relations of the Netherlands.(in Dutch)
Minister without portfolio | Ministry | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Cabinet | ||
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Pangeran Adipati Soejono (1886–1943) | Colonial Affairs | • Dutch East Indies | 9 June 1942 – 5 January 1943 [Died] | Independent | Gerbrandy II [27] | ||
Lubbertus Götzen (1894–1979) | Colonial Affairs | • Colonial Fiscal Policy | 11 November 1947 – 15 March 1951 | Independent | Beel I [30] | ||
Drees– Van Schaik [31] | |||||||
Joseph Luns (1911–2002) | Foreign Affairs | • United Nations • Netherlands- Indonesian Union • Netherlands New Guinea • Benelux • International Organizations | 2 September 1952 – 13 October 1956 | Catholic People's Party | Drees II [33] |
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