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Revision as of 00:03, 26 May 2021
Stientje van Veldhoven | |
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Minister for the Environment and Housing | |
Assumed office 1 November 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
Preceded by | Position established |
State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management | |
In office 26 October 2017 – 1 November 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
Preceded by | Sharon Dijksma |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 17 June 2010 – 26 October 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Utrecht, Netherlands | 22 June 1973
Political party | Democrats 66 |
Alma mater | University of Groningen |
Stientje van Veldhoven-van der Meer (born 22 June 1973) is a Dutch politician serving as Minister for the Environment and Housing in the Third Rutte cabinet since 2019. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party, she served as State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management from 2017 to 2019.
Career
A diplomat and civil servant by occupation, Van Veldhoven studied policy and management in international organisations at the University of Groningen. She worked at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and for the European Union in Brussels. She was elected political talent of the year 2012/2013 by the Dutch national radio and television broadcaster, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS).
She was elected to the House of Representatives from 17 June 2010 until her appointment as State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management. As a parliamentarian, she focused on matters of climate, energy, natural environment, agriculture, fishery, animal rights and development aid. In 2019, she was appointed minister without portfolio at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
References
- (in Dutch) Parlement.com biography
External links
- (in Dutch) House of Representatives biography
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Democrats 66 politicians
- Dutch civil servants
- Dutch women diplomats
- 21st-century Dutch diplomats
- Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
- State Secretaries for Infrastructure of the Netherlands
- Politicians from Utrecht (city)
- University of Groningen alumni
- 21st-century Dutch politicians
- 21st-century Dutch women politicians