Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Minister of Foreign Affairs
of the Netherlands
Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Minister of Foreign Affairs Hanke Bruins Slot
Incumbent
Caspar Veldkamp
since 2 July 2024 (2024-07-02)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
StyleHis/Her Excellency
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Formation9 March 1798 (1798-03-09)
First holderWillem Berend Buys
as Secretary for Foreign Affairs
DeputyLiesje Schreinemacher as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
Salary157,287 (As of 2017)
(including 8,387 of expenses)
WebsiteMinister of Foreign Affairs

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, 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. The current minister for foreign trade and development cooperation is Liesje Schreinemacher of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been in office since 1 September 2023.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Stef Blok nieuwe minister van Buitenlandse Zaken" (in Dutch). NOS. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Stef Blok wordt minister van Buitenlandse Zaken" (in Dutch). RTL Nieuws. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  3. ^ "'VVD'er Stef Blok volgt Halbe Zijlstra op als minister van Buitenlandse Zaken'" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Nieuwe minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Blok beëdigd" (in Dutch). NOS. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Diplomate Sigrid Kaag wordt nu zelf de baas" (in Dutch). NOS. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

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