Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Government official in the Netherlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Government official in the Netherlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The minister of foreign affairs (Dutch: Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Caspar Veldkamp of the New Social Contract (NSC) party, who has been in office since 2 July 2024. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios, currently the function is not in use. Additionally since 1965 there has been a minister without portfolio assigned to the ministry, the minister for foreign trade and development cooperation has traditionally development cooperation as portfolio, since 2012 the portfolio of trade and export has been assigned added to the function.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands | |
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Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken | |
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Style | His/Her Excellency |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Formation | 9 March 1798 |
First holder | Willem Berend Buys as Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
Deputy | Reinette Klever as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development |
Salary | €157,287 (As of 2017[update]) (including €8,387 of expenses) |
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Regime | |
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Willem Berend Buys (1752–1832) |
9 March 1798 – 25 June 1798 |
Independent | Uitvoerend Bewind | |
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Alexander Gogel (ad interim) (1765–1821) |
7 April 1798 – 2 October 1798 |
Independent | ||
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Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland (1751–1826) |
8 October 1798 – 1 December 1801 |
Independent |
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Regime | |
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Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland (1751–1826) |
1 December 1801 – 19 June 1806 |
Independent | Staatsbewind |
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Regime | |
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Maarten van der Goes van Dirxland (1751–1826) |
19 June 1806 – 8 January 1808 |
Independent | Louis Bonaparte | |
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Willem Frederik Röell (1767–1835) |
8 January 1808 – 15 July 1810 |
Independent | ||
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Johan Hendrik Mollerus (ad interim) (1750–1834) |
27 November 1809 – 3 March 1810 |
Independent | ||
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Paulus van der Heim (ad interim) (1753–1823) |
20 June 1810 – 15 July 1810 |
Independent | ||
Annexed by the First French Empire (1810–1813) | |||||
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Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp (1762–1834) |
7 December 1813 – 6 April 1814 |
Independent | William I | |
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Anne Willem Carel van Nagell (1756–1851) |
6 April 1814 – 16 May 1824 |
Independent | ||
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Johann Gotthard Reinhold (ad interim) (1771–1831) |
1 January 1824 – 16 May 1824 |
Independent | ||
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Willem Frederik van Reede (1770–1838) |
16 May 1824 – 24 June 1825 |
Independent | ||
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Patrice de Coninck (1770–1827) |
23 June 1825 – 1 December 1825 |
Independent | ||
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Johan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen (1776–1845) |
1 December 1825 – 13 September 1841 |
Independent | ||
William II | |||||
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Hugo van Zuylen van Nijevelt (ad interim) (1781–1853) |
13 September 1841 – 6 October 1841 |
Independent | ||
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Johan Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke (1781–1853) |
6 October 1841 – 21 September 1843 |
Independent | ||
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Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (ad interim) (1800–1872) |
21 September 1843 – 15 October 1843 |
Independent | ||
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James Albert Henry de la Sarraz (1787–1877) |
15 October 1843 – 1 January 1848 |
Independent | ||
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Lodewijk Napoleon van Randwijck (1800–1872) |
1 January 1848 – 25 March 1848 |
Independent | ||
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | |
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Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (Prime Minister) (1794–1863) |
25 March 1848 – 17 May 1848 [Res] |
Independent | Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (Schimmelpenninck) | |
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Arnold Adolf Bentinck van Nijenhuis (1798–1868) |
17 May 1848 – 21 November 1848 |
Independent | ||
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Leonardus Antonius Lightenvelt (1795–1873) |
21 November 1848 – 1 November 1849 |
Independent | Jacob de Kempenaer (De Kempenaer-Donker Curtius) | |
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Herman van Sonsbeeck (1796–1865) |
1 November 1849 – 16 October 1852 [Res] |
Independent | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke I) | |
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Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816–1890) |
16 October 1852 – 19 April 1853 |
Independent | ||
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Floris Adriaan van Hall (Prime Minister) (1791–1866) |
19 April 1853 – 1 July 1856 |
Independent | Floris Adriaan van Hall (Van Hall-Donker Curtius) | |
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Daniël Théodore Gevers van Endegeest (1793–1877) |
1 July 1856 – 18 March 1858 |
Independent | Justinus van der Brugghen (Van der Brugghen) | |
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Jan Karel van Goltstein (1794–1872) |
18 March 1858 – 23 February 1860 |
Independent | Jan Jacob Rochussen (Rochussen) | |
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Floris Adriaan van Hall (Ad interim Prime Minister) (1791–1866) |
23 February 1860 – 4 April 1860 |
Independent | Floris Adriaan van Hall (Van Hall-Van Heemstra) | |
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Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1819–1894) |
4 April 1860 – 14 January 1861 [Res] |
Independent | ||
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Louis Napoleon van der Goes van Dirxland (1806–1885) |
14 January 1861 – 14 March 1861 |
Independent | ||
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Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Prime Minister) (1816–1890) |
14 March 1861 – 10 November 1861 [Res] |
Independent | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra) | |
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Martin Pascal Hubert Strens (Ad interim) (1807–1875) |
10 November 1861 – 1 February 1862 |
Independent | Schelto van Heemstra (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra) | |
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Anthony Jan Lucas Stratenus (Ad interim) (1807–1872) |
1 February 1862 – 12 March 1862 |
Independent | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke II) | |
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Paul Therèse van der Maesen de Sombreff (1827–1902) |
12 March 1862 – 2 January 1864 [Res] |
Independent | ||
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Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke (Ad interim Minister of the Navy) (1816–1866) |
2 January 1864 – 15 March 1864 |
Independent | ||
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Eppo Cremers (1823–1896) |
15 March 1864 – 1 June 1866 |
Independent | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (Thorbecke II) Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte (Fransen van de Putte) | |
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Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Prime Minister) (1819–1894) |
1 June 1866 – 4 June 1868 |
Independent | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt (Van Zuylen van Nijevelt) | |
Minister without Portfolio | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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Jonkheer Edgar Michiels van Verduynen (1885–1952) |
• Foreign Policy | 1 January 1942 – 25 June 1945 |
Independent Classical Liberal |
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II • III) [26][27] | |
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Dr. Herman van Roijen (1905–1991) |
• United Nations | 25 June 1945 – 1 March 1946 [App] |
Independent Social Democrat |
Willem Schermerhorn (Schermerhorn– Drees) [28] | |
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Eelco van Kleffens (1894–1983) |
1 March 1946 – 1 July 1947 [Res] |
Independent Classical Liberal | |||
Louis Beel (Beel I) [29] | ||||||
Not in use (1947–1952) | ||||||
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Joseph Luns (1911–2002) |
• United Nations • Netherlands- Indonesian Union • Netherlands New Guinea • Benelux • International Organizations |
2 September 1952 – 13 October 1956 |
Catholic People's Party |
Willem Drees (Drees II) [32] | |
Not in use (since 1956) | ||||||