Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
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State level | national level | ||
Position of the authority | supreme authority | ||
Consist | since 1798 | ||
Headquarters | The hague | ||
household | EUR 10.41 billion (2019) | ||
Coordinates | 52 ° 4 '58.1 " N , 4 ° 19' 35.9" E | ||
Authority management | Stef Blok ( VVD ) | ||
Website | rijksoverheid.nl |
The Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken , or BZ for short, is the ministry responsible for foreign affairs, diplomatic relations, European cooperation and international development cooperation in the Kingdom of the Netherlands . The Ministry was founded in 1798 during the period of the Batavian Republic as the Department of Foreign Affairs and has been called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1876 .
Stef Blok ( VVD ) has been Foreign Minister in the Rutte III cabinet since 2018 . This is supported by Sigrid Kaag ( D66 ), Minister without portfolio responsible for foreign trade and development cooperation.
organization
The ministry is headed by two ministers. A State Secretary ( Secretaris-generaal ), the diplomatic missions and numerous other independent commissions are subordinate to these .
Ministry
The management staff consists of the two heads of department, the State Secretary and his deputy as well as the four heads of the directorates-general.
The four directorates-general are
- The General Directorate for European Cooperation deals primarily with cooperation in Europe within the framework of the European Union. She is responsible for Dutch relations with EU member states and the candidate countries. The Directorate General also coordinates cooperation within other organizations, such as the Council of Europe , the OECD and the Benelux Union .
- The General Directorate for Political Affairs deals primarily with peace and conflict matters and human rights. This includes coordination within the framework of the EU's common foreign and security policy and the political role of the Netherlands in NATO and the United Nations .
- The General Directorate for Foreign Trade shape trade and foreign trade policy.
- The Directorate-General for International Cooperation is responsible for development cooperation in the areas of economic development, education, health and the environment. It carries out development cooperation in consultation with the United Nations and the World Bank.
Diplomatic missions
There are over 170 diplomatic missions in the kingdom. The representations include (as of June 2019)
- 109 messages
- 28 consulates general
- 13 representative offices at international organizations (such as United Nations, EU, NATO)
- 26 other agencies (such as business offices ("NBSO" or "NTIO") or ambassadors )
- 1 Representation at the Palestinian Authority
Commissions and councils
The Ministry has "independent" commissions and councils that advise the Ministry and other organs of the Dutch state, including a.
- Adviesraad Internationale Vraagstukken (AIV)
- Commissie van advies inzake volkenrechtelijke vraagstukken (CAVV)
- Raad voor het Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek in het kader van Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (RAWOO)
Head of department
There have been three political leaders in the Dutch Foreign Ministry since the 1990s: the Foreign Minister, the Minister without Portfolio responsible for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, and the State Secretary for European Affairs. The State Secretary has the right to call himself a Minister for European Affairs abroad.
List of Foreign Ministers since 2002
cabinet | period | minister | Party / current |
Term of office |
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Cabinet beam end I | 2002-2003 | Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | CDA | October 16, 2002–27. May 2003 |
Cabinet beam end II | 2003-2006 | Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | CDA | October 16, 2002–3. December 2003 |
Ben bot | CDA | December 3, 2003–22. February 2007 | ||
Cabinet beam end III | 2006-2007 | Ben bot | CDA | December 3, 2003–22. February 2007 |
Cabinet beam end IV | 2007-2010 | Maxime Verhagen | CDA | February 22, 2007-14. October 2010 |
Cabinet Rutte I | 2010-2014 | Uri Rosenthal | VVD | October 14, 2010–17. October 2014 |
Cabinet Rutte II | 2014-2017 | Bert Koenders | PvdA | October 17, 2014–26. October 2017 |
Cabinet Rutte III | 2017– | Half Zijlstra | VVD | October 26, 2017–13. February 2018 |
Stef Blok | VVD | March 7, 2018– |
List of Dutch ministers with no portfolio responsible for foreign trade and development cooperation
cabinet | period | minister | Party / current |
Term of office |
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Cabinet beam end I | 2002-2003 | Agnes van Ardenne 1 | CDA | October 16, 2002–27. May 2003 |
Cabinet beam end II | 2003-2006 | Agnes van Ardenne | CDA | May 27, 2003–22. February 2007 |
Cabinet beam end III | 2006-2007 | |||
Cabinet beam end IV | 2007-2010 | Bert Koenders | PvdA | February 22, 2007–23. February 2010 |
Maxime Verhagen 2 | CDA | February 23, 2010 - October 14, 2010 | ||
Cabinet Rutte I | 2010-2014 | Ben Knapen 1 | VVD | October 14, 2010–17. October 2014 |
Cabinet Rutte II | 2014-2017 | Lilianne Ploumen | PvdA | October 17, 2014–26. October 2017 |
Cabinet Rutte III | since 2017 | Sigrid Kaag | D66 | since October 26, 2017 |
Web links
- Official websites (Dutch, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Visuele begroting: Jaarverslag 2019. Ministerie van Financiën (Ministry of Finance), accessed on May 29, 2020 (Dutch).
- ↑ Item waiver Buitenlandse Zaken (June 2019). Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, June 2019, accessed on 31 May 2020 (Dutch).