Sigrid Kaag

Sigrid Kaag
Kaag in 2023
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 10 January 2022 – 8 January 2024
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Hugo de Jonge
Succeeded by	Rob Jetten
Minister of Finance
In office 10 January 2022 – 8 January 2024
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Wopke Hoekstra
Succeeded by	Rob Jetten (acting)
Leader of the Democrats 66
In office 4 September 2020 – 12 August 2023
Preceded by	Alexander Pechtold
Succeeded by	Rob Jetten
Leader of Democrats 66 in the House of Representatives
In office 28 September 2021 – 10 January 2022
Preceded by	Rob Jetten
Succeeded by	Jan Paternotte
In office 18 March 2021 – 25 May 2021
Preceded by	Rob Jetten
Succeeded by	Rob Jetten
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 31 March 2021 – 10 January 2022
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 25 May 2021 – 17 September 2021
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Stef Blok
Succeeded by	Tom de Bruijn (acting)
In office 13 February 2018 – 7 March 2018 Acting
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Halbe Zijlstra
Succeeded by	Stef Blok
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
In office 26 October 2017 – 10 August 2021
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Lilianne Ploumen
Succeeded by	Tom de Bruijn
United Nations Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza
Assuming office 8 January 2024
Secretary-General	António Guterres
Succeeding	Position established
United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon
In office 17 January 2015 – 26 October 2017
Secretary-General	Ban Ki-moon António Guterres
Preceded by	Derek Plumbly
Succeeded by	Pernille Dahler Kardel (acting)
United Nations Special Coordinator for Syria
In office 16 October 2013 – 30 September 2014
Secretary-General	Ban Ki-moon
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	Sigrid Agnes Maria Kaag (1961-11-02) 2 November 1961 (age 62) Rijswijk, Netherlands
Political party	Democrats 66
Spouse	Anis al-Qaq ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	4
Education	Utrecht University American University in Cairo (BA) St Antony's College, Oxford (MPhil) University of Exeter (MA)
Occupation	Politician humanitarian diplomat

Sigrid Agnes Maria Kaag (Dutch: [ˈsiɣrɪt ˈɑxnɛs maːˈrijaː ˈkaːx]; born 2 November 1961) is a Dutch politician, humanitarian and diplomat. She was the leader of the Democrats 66 (D66) and served as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and as Minister of Finance.

A diplomat by occupation, Kaag started working for the United Nations in 1994. She was Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa for UNICEF in Amman from 2007 to May 2010, when she was appointed Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Bureau of External Relations of the UNDP in New York City.^[1] From October 2013 to September 2014, she served as Under Secretary-General and Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Syria to oversee the elimination of the country's chemical weapons program. From January 2015 to October 2017, Kaag was the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL).^[2]

Kaag entered Dutch politics in 2017 as minister for foreign trade and development cooperation in the third Rutte cabinet on behalf of D66. She ascended to party leadership ahead of the 2021 general election and also served for some months as minister of foreign affairs. When the fourth Rutte cabinet was formed in January 2022, Kaag became first deputy prime Minister and minister of finance. She decided not to run for re-election in 2023 and was succeeded by Rob Jetten as party leader. Kaag resigned as minister in January 2024 to return to the United Nations as senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza.