Hans Vijlbrief

Hans Vijlbrief
Vijlbrief in 2022
State Secretary for the Extractive Industries
In office 10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Succeeded by	Eddie van Marum
State Secretary for Finance
In office 29 January 2020 – 10 January 2022 Serving with Alexandra van Huffelen
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Menno Snel
Succeeded by	Marnix van Rij
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 December 2023
In office 31 March 2021 – 10 January 2022
Succeeded by	Hind Dekker-Abdulaziz
President of the Eurogroup Working Group
In office 1 February 2018 – 29 January 2020[1]
Preceded by	Thomas Wieser
Succeeded by	Tuomas Saarenheimo
Treasurer-General
In office 1 July 2011 – 1 February 2018
Preceded by	Ronald Gerritse
Succeeded by	Christiaan Rebergen
Personal details
Born	Johannes Alexander Vijlbrief (1963-08-17) 17 August 1963 (age 60) Voorschoten, South Holland
Political party	Democrats 66
Spouse	Manouche Hetzler
Children	2
Residence(s)	Woubrugge, South Holland
Alma mater	Vrije Universiteit
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Johannes Alexander "Hans" Vijlbrief (born 17 August 1963) is a Dutch civil servant, economist, and politician, who currently serves as State Secretary for the Extractive Industries. He is a member of the social-liberal party Democrats 66 (D66).

Vijlbrief started his career at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, after earning his doctorate at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 1992. Subsequently, he worked at the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) before returning to Economic Affairs, where he filled several positions as director and director-general. Vijlbrief was appointed Treasurer-General of the Ministry of Finance in 2011, and occupied that post until he became president of the advisory body Eurogroup Working Group six and a half years later. He had been a member of that group while serving as Treasurer-General, assisting Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem.

Just after he had been re-elected at the working group, Vijlbrief was appointed State Secretary for Finance together with Alexandra van Huffelen in January 2020. He succeeded Menno Snel, who had resigned as a result of the childcare benefits scandal, and became responsible for the Tax Administration and tax affairs. Vijlbrief was elected to the House of Representatives in 2021, but he left this position upon his appointment as State Secretary for the Extractive Industries as part of the new fourth Rutte cabinet in January 2022. He was again elected to the House in November 2023, and his term as state secretary ended in July 2024.