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