Cabinet Rutte III

Government group photo dated October 26, 2017

The Cabinet Rutte III is on 26 October 2017, the 29th cabinet of the Netherlands since 1945. The Cabinet Ministers together with the King , the Government of the Netherlands.

The coalition consists of the liberal-conservative VVD ( Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie ), the Christian-democratic CDA ( Christen Democratisch Appèl ), the left-wing liberal D66 ( Democrats 66 ) and the Christian-democratic ChristenUnie .

On October 10, the party leaders of the respective parties, Mark Rutte , Sybrand van Haersma Buma , Alexander Pechtold and Gert-Jan Segers , presented the coalition agreement. The title of the coalition agreement is "Trust in the Future" (Vertrouwen in de toekomst) . On October 26, 2017, the new cabinet ministers and state secretaries took the oath of office on the Dutch constitution before King Willem-Alexander .

The cabinet had a minimal majority in the second chamber. In September 2019 a member of parliament left the VVD and founded a one-man faction (Wybren van Haga). Since then, half of the 150 MPs have stood behind the cabinet.

On January 15, 2021, the Rutte III cabinet submitted a resignation due to a financial scandal over child benefits ( Toeslage affaire ).

composition

The cabinet consists of 16 ministers and 8 state secretaries. The VVD provides 6 ministers and 3 state secretaries, the CDA and D66 each have 4 ministers and 2 state secretaries, and the ChristenUnie 2 ministers and one state secretary.

minister

Department	picture	minister	Political party		Remarks
Prime Minister , Minister for General Affairs		Mark Rutte		VVD
Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport		Hugo de Jonge		CDA	Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations		Kajsa Ollongren		D66	Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality		Carola Schouten		CU	Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Foreign Affairs		Half a Zijlstra until February 13, 2018		VVD
		Sigrid Kaag provisionally		D66
		Stef Blok since March 7, 2018		VVD
Minister of Defense		Ank Bijleveld		CDA
Minister for Economy and Climate		Eric Wiebes		VVD
Minister of Finance		Wopke Hoekstra		CDA
Minister for Infrastructure and Water Management		Cora van Nieuwenhuizen		VVD
Minister for Justice and Security		Ferdinand Grapperhaus		CDA
Minister for Education, Culture and Science		Ingrid van Engelshoven		D66
Minister for Social Affairs and Labor		Wouter Koolmees		D66

Minister with no portfolio

Department	picture	minister	Political party		Remarks
Minister for School and Media		Aria Slob		CU	Belongs to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation		Sigrid Kaag		D66	Belongs to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Health Care		Bruno Bruins until March 23, 2020		VVD	Belongs to the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
		Martin van Rijn March 23, 2020 - July 9, 2020		PvdA
		Tamara van Ark since July 9, 2020		VVD
Minister for Legal Protection		Sander Dekker		VVD	Belongs to the Ministry of Justice and Security

State Secretaries

Department	picture	State Secretary	Political party		Remarks
Secretary of State for Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations		Raymond Knops		CDA
State Secretary for Defense		Barbara Visser		VVD
State Secretary for Economy and Climate		Mona Keijzer		CDA
State Secretary for Finance		Menno Snel until December 18, 2019		D66
		Alexandra van Huffelen since January 29, 2020		D66
		Hans Vijlbrief since January 29, 2020		D66
State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management		Stientje van Veldhoven		D66
State Secretary for Justice and Security		Mark Harbers until May 21, 2019		VVD	In contact with abroad: Minister for Migration
		Ankie Broekers-Knol since June 11, 2019		VVD	In contact with abroad: Minister for Migration
State Secretary for Social Affairs and Labor		Tamara van Ark until July 9, 2020		VVD
		Bas van 't Wout since July 9, 2020		VVD
State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport		Paul Blokhuis		CU

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Koning beëdigt kabinet-Rutte III , NOS , October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
2. ↑ Formatiedag 209: het regeerakkoord is gepresenteerd , NOS , October 10, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
3. ^ Coalition agreement 'Trust in the Future' , Bureau Woordvoering Kabinetsformatie, October 10, 2017. Accessed October 26, 2017.
4. ↑ Dutch government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigns In: Spiegel-Online from January 15, 2021, accessed on January 15, 2021
5. ↑ Bewindspersonen , Rijksoverheid, October 26, 2017. Accessed October 26, 2017th