Stientje van Veldhoven

In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Veldhoven, not Veldhoven.

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.

Her Excellency Stientje van Veldhoven
Van Veldhoven in 2017
Minister for the Environment and Housing
Incumbent
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	(1973-06-22) 22 June 1973 (age 52) Utrecht, Netherlands
Political party	Democrats 66
Alma mater	University of Groningen, University of Paris

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.

She announced her departure from politics as of July 19, 2021, to assume the role of Vice President/Director at the World Resources Institute Europe starting from September 1 of that year.^[1][2]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Stientje van Veldhoven

Year	Body	Party		Pos.	Votes	Result		Ref.
						Party seats	Individual
2021	House of Representatives		Democrats 66	79	548	24	Lost	[3]