Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

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Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
Dutch: Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat
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Building of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
Department overview
Formed14 October 2010;12 years ago (2010-10-14)
Jurisdiction Kingdom of the Netherlands
HeadquartersRijnstraat 8, The Hague, Netherlands
Annual budget 15,7 billion (2018) [1]
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Department executive
  • Jan Hendrik Dronkers, Secretary-General
Website Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (Dutch : Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat; I&W) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for transport, aviation, housing policy, public works, spatial planning, land management and water resource management. The Ministry was created in 2010 as the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment following the merger of the Ministry of Transport and Water Management and the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment. In 2017, the Ministry was renamed the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and the responsibilities for environmental policy and climate change policy were transferred to the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

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The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management (Dutch : Minister van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat) is the head of the Ministry and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands. The current Minister is Mark Harbers, serving since 10 January 2022. [2]

Organisation

The Ministry has currently two Government Agencies and three Directorates:

Government Agencies Responsibilities
Logo rijksoverheid met beeldmerk.svg Rijkswaterstaat RWS Public infrastructureWater Management
Logo rijksoverheid met beeldmerk.svg Meteorological Institute
(Dutch : Meteorologisch Instituut)
KNMI Weather forecasting

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References

  1. (in Dutch) Begroting 2018, Rijksoverheid
  2. "Minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (VVD) heeft alle bestuurslagen gehad" (in Dutch). NOS. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018.