Post: | Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
Body: | the Netherlands |
Native Name: | Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties |
Flag: | Flag of the Netherlands.svg |
Flagsize: | 250x250px |
Flagcaption: | Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Insignia: | Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties Logo.jpg |
Insigniasize: | 250x250px |
Insigniacaption: | Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
Incumbent: | Judith Uitermark |
Incumbentsince: | |
Department: | Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
Style: | His/Her Excellency |
Member Of: | Council of Ministers |
Appointer: | Mark Rutte |
Appointer Qualified: | as Prime Minister |
First: | Paulus van der Heim as Secretary for India Affairs and Commerce |
Deputy: | Zsolt Szabó as State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation |
Salary: | €157,287 (including €4,193 of expenses) |
Website: | Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
The minister of the interior and kingdom relations (Dutch; Flemish: Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties) is the head of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers and dual serves as the minister of the interior. The current minister is Judith Uitermark 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. The current state secretary is Zsolt Szabó of the Party for Freedom (PVV) who also has been in office since 2 July 2024 and has been assigned the portfolios of kingdom relations and digital government.
For full list, see List of ministers of kingdom relations of the Netherlands.
Minister of Colonial Affairs | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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Jan Jonkman (1891–1976) | 3 July 1946 – 30 August 1947 | Labour Party | Louis Beel (Beel I) [30] | ||
Dr. Louis Beel (Prime Minister) (1902–1977) | 30 August 1947 – 3 November 1947 | Catholic People's Party | |||
Jan Jonkman (1891–1976) | 3 November 1947 – 7 August 1948 | Labour Party | |||
Maan Sassen (1911–1995) | 7 August 1948 – 14 February 1949 | Catholic People's Party | Willem Drees (Drees– Van Schaik) [31] | ||
Johan van Maarseveen (1894–1951) | 14 February 1949 – 15 March 1951 | Catholic People's Party | |||
Willem Drees (Prime Minister) (1886–1988) | 15 March 1951 – 30 March 1951 | Labour Party | Willem Drees (Drees I) [32] | ||
Leonard Peters (1900–1984) | 30 March 1951 – 2 September 1952 | Catholic People's Party | |||
Dr. Willem Kernkamp (1899–1956) | 2 September 1952 – 18 July 1956 | Christian Historical Union | Willem Drees (Drees II) [33] | ||
Kees Staf (1905–1973) | 18 July 1956 – 16 February 1957 | Christian Historical Union | |||
Willem Drees (Drees III) [34] | |||||
Gerard Helders (1905–2013) | 16 February 1957 – 19 May 1959 | Christian Historical Union | |||
Louis Beel (Beel II) [35] | |||||
Minister without portfolio | Ministry | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
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Pangeran Adipati Soejono (1886–1943) | Colonial Affairs | • Dutch East Indies | 9 June 1942 – 5 January 1943 | Independent Liberal Conservative | Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (Gerbrandy II) | ||
Lubbertus Götzen (1894–1979) | Colonial Affairs | • Colonial Fiscal Policy | 11 November 1947 – 15 March 1951 | Independent Christian Democratic Protestant | Louis Beel (Beel I) | ||
Willem Drees (Drees– Van Schaik) | |||||||
Joseph Luns (1911–2002) | Foreign Affairs | • 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) | ||