Minister of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands | |
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Minister van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap | |
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science | |
Style | His/Her Excellency |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Formation | 17 February 1798 |
First holder | Theodorus van Kooten as Secretary of National Education |
Deputy | Mariëlle Paul as Minister without Portfolio Fleur Gräper as State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science |
Salary | €157,287 (As of 2017 [update] ) (including €4,193 of expenses) |
Website | Minister of Education, Culture and Science |
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The minister of education, culture and science (Dutch : Minister van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap) is the head of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The current minister of education, culture and science is Robbert Dijkgraaf of the Democrats 66 (D66) who has been in office since 10 January 2022. [1] The minister of education, culture and science is often assigned a state secretary who is tasked with specific portfolios, currently held by Fleur Gräper (D66). [2] Additionally there is a minister without portfolio assigned to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science Mariëlle Paul of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). [3]
For full list, see List of ministers of education, culture and science of the Netherlands.(in Dutch)
State Secretary for Culture, Recreation and Social Work | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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Cees Egas (1913–2001) | • Social Services • Youth Care • Nature • Culture • Art • Recreation • Sport | 10 May 1965 – 22 November 1966 | Labour Party | Jo Cals (Cals) [25] | ||
Vacant | ||||||
Hein van de Poel (1915–1993) | • Unemployment • Social Services • Youth Care • Nature • Culture • Art • Recreation • Sport | 29 May 1967 – 6 July 1971 | Catholic People's Party | Piet de Jong (De Jong) [27] | ||
Fia van Veenendaal- van Meggelen (1918–2005) | • Social Services • Disability Policy | 28 July 1971 – 21 July 1972 [Res] | Democratic Socialists '70 | Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I) [28] | ||
Henk Vonhoff (1931–2010) | • Youth Care • Nature • Culture • Art • Recreation • Sport | 28 July 1971 – 23 April 1973 [Res] | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||
• Social Services • Disability Policy • Youth Care • Nature • Culture • Art • Recreation • Sport | Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel II) [28] | |||||
Wim Meijer (born 1939) | • Social Services • Environmental Policy • Nature • Recreation | 11 May 1973 – 8 September 1977 [Res] | Labour Party | Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) [29] | ||
Jeltien Kraaijeveld- Wouters (born 1932) | • Unemployment • Equality • Emancipation | 28 December 1977 – 9 September 1981 [Res] | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) [30] | ||
Christian Democratic Appeal | ||||||
Gerard Wallis de Vries (1936–2018) | • Social Services • Environmental Policy • Nature • Media • Culture • Art • Recreation • Sport | 4 January 1978 – 11 September 1981 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||
Hans de Boer (born 1937) | • Social Services • Nature • Culture • Art • Recreation | 11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Dries van Agt (Van Agt II) [31] | ||
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