Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Aid (Netherlands)

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Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Aid (Netherlands)

The Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Aid (Dutch: Minister voor Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingshulp) is a minister without portfolio in the Netherlands. The officeholder, who is a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers, is assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The minister is tasked with trade and export, development aid and international environmental policies.

Quick Facts Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Aid, Style ...
Minister for Foreign Trade
and Development Aid
Minister voor Buitenlandse Handel
en Ontwikkelingshulp
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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since 2 July 2024 (2024-07-02)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
StyleHis/Her Excellency
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
Reports toCaspar Veldkamp
as Minister of Foreign Affairs
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
First holderTheo Bot
as Minister for Aid to Developing Countries
14 April 1965; 60 years ago (1965-04-14)
Salary157,287 (As of 2017)
(including 8,387 of expenses)
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Until 2012, the title was Minister for Development Cooperation (Dutch: minister voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking). Foreign trade and export promotion were handled by another appointee, a state secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Internationally, the state secretary was allowed to use the title of minister on official business. In 2010 both posts were merged, first as a state secretary; two years later a ministership was reinstated.

According to the OECD, the Netherlands’ total ODA (USD 6.5 billion, preliminary data) increased in 2022 due to an increase in in-donor refugee costs, support to Ukraine and higher contributions to European Union (EU) institutions. It represented 0.67% of gross national income (GNI).[1]

List of ministers and state secretaries

State Secretaries of Foreign Affairs (1959–1965)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Cabinet
Thumb Dr.
Hans van Houten
(1907–1996)
European Union
NATO
Benelux
Development
Cooperation

International
Organizations
24 August 1959 –
24 July 1963
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
De Quay[2]
Thumb Dr.
Isaäc Nicolaas
Diepenhorst

(1907–1976)
United Nations
Development
Cooperation

International
Organizations
28 September 1963 –
14 April 1965
Christian
Historical Union
Marijnen[3]
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Ministers for Aid to Developing Countries (1965–1971)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Cabinet
Thumb Theo Bot
(1911–1984)
14 April 1965 –
5 April 1967
Catholic
People's Party
Cals[4]
Zijlstra[5]
Thumb Bé Udink
(1926–2016)
5 April 1967 –
6 July 1971
Christian
Historical Union
De Jong[6]
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Ministers for Development Cooperation (1971–2002)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Cabinet
Thumb Dr.
Kees Boertien
(1927–2002)
6 July 1971 –
11 May 1973
Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Biesheuvel I, II[7]
Thumb Jan Pronk
(born 1940)
11 May 1973 –
19 December 1977
Labour Party Den Uyl[8]
Thumb Jan de Koning
(1926–1994)
19 December 1977 –
11 September 1981
Anti-Revolutionary
Party
Van Agt I[9]
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Thumb Kees van Dijk
(1931–2008)
11 September 1981 –
4 November 1982
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Van Agt II, III[10][11]
Thumb Eegje Schoo
(born 1944)
4 November 1982 –
14 July 1986
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Lubbers I[12]
Thumb Piet Bukman
(1934–2022)
14 July 1986 –
7 November 1989
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Lubbers II[13]
Thumb Jan Pronk
(born 1940)
7 November 1989 –
3 August 1998
Labour Party Lubbers III[14]
Kok I[15]
Thumb Eveline Herfkens
(born 1952)
3 August 1998 –
22 July 2002
Labour Party Kok II[16]
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State Secretaries of Foreign Affairs (2002–2003)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Cabinet
Thumb Agnes van Ardenne
(born 1950)
Development
Cooperation

[Title]
22 July 2002 –
27 May 2003
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Balkenende I[17]
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Designated with the diplomatic rank of Minister

Ministers for Development Cooperation (2003–2010)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Cabinet
Thumb Agnes van Ardenne
(born 1950)
27 May 2003 –
22 February 2007
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Balkenende II, III[18][19]
Thumb Bert Koenders
(born 1958)
22 February 2007 –
23 February 2010
[Res]
Labour Party Balkenende IV[20]
Thumb Maxime Verhagen
(born 1956)
23 February 2010 –
14 October 2010
[Minister]
Christian
Democratic Appeal
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Resigned
Minister of Foreign Affairs

State Secretaries of Foreign Affairs (2010–2012)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Portfolio(s) Term of office Party Cabinet
Thumb Dr.
Ben Knapen
(born 1951)
European Union
Benelux
Development
Cooperation

[Title]
14 October 2010 –
5 November 2012
Christian
Democratic Appeal
Rutte I[21]
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Designated with the diplomatic rank of Minister

Ministers for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (2012–2024)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Cabinet
Thumb Lilianne Ploumen
(born 1962)
5 November 2012 –
26 October 2017
Labour Party Rutte II[22]
Thumb Sigrid Kaag
(born 1961)
26 October 2017 –
10 August 2021
[Minister] [App]
Democrats 66 Rutte III[23]
Thumb Tom de Bruijn
(born 1948)
10 August 2021 –
10 January 2022
Democrats 66
Thumb Liesje Schreinemacher
(born 1983)
10 January 2022 –
4 December 2023
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Rutte IV
Thumb Geoffrey van Leeuwen
(born 1983)
4 December 2023 –
15 April 2024
[Acting]
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
Thumb Liesje Schreinemacher
(born 1983)
15 April 2024 –
2 July 2024
People's Party
for Freedom and
Democracy
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Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs from 13 February 2018 until 7 March 2018 and from 25 May 2021 until 10 August 2021
Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs
Acting

Ministers for Foreign Trade and Development Aid (since 2024)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Cabinet
Thumb Reinette Klever
(born 1967)
2 July 2024 –
Incumbent
Party for Freedom Schoof
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