Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands | |
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Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken | |
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since 2 July 2024 | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Style | His/Her Excellency |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Formation | 9 March 1798 |
First holder | Willem Berend Buys as Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
Deputy | Reinette Klever as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development |
Salary | €157,287 (As of 2017[update]) (including €8,387 of expenses) |
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The minister of foreign affairs (Dutch: Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Caspar Veldkamp 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, currently the function is not in use. Additionally since 1965 there has been a minister without portfolio assigned to the ministry, the minister for foreign trade and development cooperation has traditionally development cooperation as portfolio, since 2012 the portfolio of trade and export has been assigned added to the function.
List of agents of foreign affairs (1798–1801)
[edit]Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Regime | |
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![]() | Willem Berend Buys (1752–1832) | 9 March 1798 – 25 June 1798 | Independent | Uitvoerend Bewind | |
![]() | Alexander Gogel (ad interim) (1765–1821) | 7 April 1798 – 2 October 1798 | Independent | ||
![]() | Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland (1751–1826) | 8 October 1798 – 1 December 1801 | Independent |
List of secretaries of state of foreign affairs (1801–1806)
[edit]Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Regime | |
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![]() | Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland (1751–1826) | 1 December 1801 – 19 June 1806 | Independent | Staatsbewind |
List of ministers of foreign affairs
[edit]1806–1868
[edit]1868–1918
[edit]Since 1918
[edit]- Resigned
- Acting
- Acting from 25 May 2021 until 10 August 2021
- Ad Interim
- Died in office
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Minister for Development Cooperation from 23 February 2010
- Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
- Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation until 10 August 2021
- Appointed as Vice-President of the Council of State
- Appointed as Minister without Portfolio for Foreign Affairs
- Appointed as European Commissioner
- Appointed as Secretary General of NATO
- Appointed as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
List of ministers without portfolio
[edit]Minister without Portfolio | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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![]() | Jonkheer Edgar Michiels van Verduynen (1885–1952) | • Foreign Policy | 1 January 1942 – 25 June 1945 | Independent Classical Liberal | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II • III) [26][27] | |
![]() | Dr. Herman van Roijen (1905–1991) | • United Nations | 25 June 1945 – 1 March 1946 [App] | Independent Social Democrat | Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn– Drees) [28] | |
![]() | Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983) | 1 March 1946 – 1 July 1947 [Res] | Independent Classical Liberal | |||
Louis Beel (Beel I) [29] | ||||||
Not in use (1947–1952) | ||||||
![]() | Joseph Luns (1911–2002) | • United Nations • Netherlands- Indonesian Union • Netherlands New Guinea • Benelux • International Organizations | 2 September 1952 – 13 October 1956 | Catholic People's Party | Willem Drees (Drees II) [32] | |
Not in use (since 1956) |
- Resigned
- Appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs
List of state secretaries for foreign affairs (since 1950)
[edit]- Resigned
- Resigned following election to the European Parliament
- Designated with the diplomatic rank of Minister
See also
[edit]References
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