| Post: | Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport |
| Body: | the Netherlands |
| Native Name: | Minister van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport |
| Flag: | Flag of the Netherlands.svg |
| Flagsize: | 250x250px |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Insignia: | VWS.jpg |
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| Insigniacaption: | Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport |
| Incumbent: | Fleur Agema |
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| Department: | Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport |
| Style: | His/Her Excellency |
| Member Of: | Council of Ministers |
| Appointer: | The Monarch |
| Appointer Qualified: | on advice of the Prime Minister |
| First: | Dolf Joekes as Minister of Social Affairs and Health |
| Deputy: | Vicky Maeijer as State Secretary for Long-term and Social Care Vincent Karremans as State Secretary for Youth, Prevention and Sport |
| Salary: | €157,287 (including €4,193 of expenses) |
| Website: | Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport |
The minister of health, welfare and sport (Dutch; Flemish: Minister van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport) is the head of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Fleur Agema of the Party for Freedom (PVV) 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 secretaries are Vicky Maeijer of the Party for Freedom (PVV) and Vincent Karremans of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who have also been in office since 2 July 2024. Respectively, they have been assigned the portfolios of long-term care and social care and of youth care, preventive care, and sport. In the past, there have also been ministers without portfolio assigned to the ministry.
| Minister of Social Affairs and Health | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Dolf Joekes (1885–1962) | 15 September 1951 – 2 September 1952 | Labour Party | Willem Drees (Drees I) [1] | ||
| Ko Suurhoff (1905–1967) | 2 September 1952 – 22 December 1958 | Labour Party | Willem Drees (Drees II • III) [2] [3] | ||
| Dr. Louis Beel (Prime Minister) (1902–1985) | 22 December 1958 – 19 May 1959 | Catholic People's Party | Louis Beel (Beel II) [4] | ||
| Dr. Charles van Rooy (1912–1996) | 19 May 1959 – 3 July 1961 | Catholic People's Party | Jan de Quay (De Quay) [5] | ||
| Victor Marijnen (1917–1975) | 3 July 1961 – 17 July 1961 | Catholic People's Party | |||
| Dr. Gerard Veldkamp (1921–1990) | 17 July 1961 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party | |||
| Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) [6] | |||||
| Jo Cals (Cals) [7] | |||||
| Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) [8] | |||||
| Bauke Roolvink (1912–1979) | 5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Piet de Jong (De Jong) [9] | ||
| Minister of Health and Environment | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
| Dr. Louis Stuyt (1914–2000) | 6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 | Catholic People's Party | Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II) [10] | ||
| Irene Vorrink (1918–1996) | 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 | Labour Party | Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) [11] | ||
| Dr. Leendert Ginjaar (1928–2003) | 19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) [12] | ||
| Til Gardeniers- Berendsen (1925–2019) | 11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Dries van Agt (Van Agt II • III) [13] [14] | ||
| Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
| Elco Brinkman (born 1948) | 4 November 1982 – 7 November 1989 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I • II) [15] [16] | ||
| Hedy d'Ancona (born 1937) | 7 November 1989 – 16 July 1994 | Labour Party | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) [17] | ||
| Dr. Jo Ritzen (born 1945) | 16 July 1994 – 22 August 1994 | Labour Party | |||
| Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
| Dr. Els Borst (1932–2014) | 22 August 1994 – 22 July 2002 | Democrats 66 | Wim Kok (Kok I • II) [18] [19] | ||
| Dr. Eduard Bomhoff (born 1944) | 22 July 2002 – 16 October 2002 | Pim Fortuyn List | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I) [20] | ||
| Aart Jan de Geus (born 1955) | 16 October 2002 – 27 May 2003 | ||||
| Hans Hoogervorst (born 1956) | 27 May 2003 – 22 February 2007 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II • III) [21] [22] | ||
| Dr. Ab Klink (born 1958) | 22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) [23] | ||
| Edith Schippers (born 1964) | 14 October 2010 – 26 October 2017 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Mark Rutte (Rutte I • II) [24] [25] | ||
| Hugo de Jonge (born 1977) | 26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) [26] | ||
| Dr. Ernst Kuipers (born 1959) | 10 January 2022 – 10 January 2024 | Democrats 66 | Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) [27] | ||
| Conny Helder (born 1958) | 10 January 2024 – 2 July 2024 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||
| Fleur Agema (born 1976) | 2 July 2024 – Incumbent | Party for Freedom | Dick Schoof (Schoof) [28] | ||
| Ministers without Portfolio | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| André Rouvoet (born 1962) | • Youth Care • Family Policy | 22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010 | Christian Union | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) | ||
| Vacant | ||||||
| Bruno Bruins (born 1963) | • Primary Healthcare • Medical Ethics • Pharmaceutical Policy • Sport • Corona Management (Bruins only) | 26 October 2017 – 19 March 2020 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) | ||
| Martin van Rijn (born 1956) [29] | 23 March 2020 – 9 July 2020 | Independent (Labour Party) [30] | ||||
| Tamara van Ark (born 1974) | 9 July 2020 – 3 September 2021 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | ||||
| Conny Helder (born 1958) | • Primary Healthcare • Long-term care • Sport | 10 January 2022 – 10 January 2024 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) | ||
| Pia Dijkstra (born 1954) | • Primary Healthcare • Medical Ethics • Health insurance • Pharmaceutical Policy • Corona Management | 2 February 2024 – 2 July 2024 | Democrats 66 | |||
| State Secretary for Social Affairs | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Piet Muntendam (1901–1986) | • Primary Healthcare • Elderly Care • Disability Policy | 1 April 1950 – 15 September 1951 | Labour Party | Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik) [31] | ||
| Dr. Aat van Rhijn (1892–1986) | • Social Security • Unemployment • Occupational Safety • Social Services | 15 February 1950 – 15 September 1951 | Labour Party | |||
| State Secretary for Social Affairs and Health | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
| Dr. Piet Muntendam (1901–1986) | • Primary Healthcare • Elderly Care • Disability Policy | 15 September 1951 – 1 October 1953 | Labour Party | Willem Drees (Drees I • II) | ||
| Dr. Aat van Rhijn (1892–1986) | • Social Security • Unemployment • Occupational Safety • Social Services | 15 September 1951 – 22 December 1958 | Labour Party | Willem Drees (Drees I • II • III) | ||
| Vacant | ||||||
| Bauke Roolvink (1912–1979) | • Social Security • Unemployment • Occupational Safety • Social Services | 15 June 1959 – 24 July 1963 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Jan de Quay (De Quay) | ||
| Dr. Louis Bartels (1915–2002) | • Primary Healthcare • Elderly Care • Disability Policy • Medical Ethics | 3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party | Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) | ||
| Jo Cals (Cals) | ||||||
| Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) | ||||||
| Dr. José de Meijer (1915–2000) | • Occupational Safety • Public Organisations | 15 November 1963 – 5 April 1967 | Catholic People's Party | Victor Marijnen (Marijnen) | ||
| Jo Cals (Cals) | ||||||
| Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra) | ||||||
| Dr. Roelof Kruisinga (1922–2012) | • Primary Healthcare • Elderly Care • Disability Policy • Medical Ethics | 18 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 | Christian Historical Union | Piet de Jong (De Jong) | ||
| Vacant | ||||||
| State Secretary for Health and Environment | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
| Jo Hendriks (1923–2001) | • Primary Healthcare • Elderly Care • Disability Policy | 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 | Catholic People's Party | Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl) | ||
| Els Veder-Smit (1921–2020) | 3 January 1978 – 11 September 1981 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Dries van Agt (Van Agt I) | |||
| Ineke Lambers- Hacquebard (1946–2014) | 11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 | Democrats 66 | Dries van Agt (Van Agt II • III) | |||
| State Secretary for Welfare, Health and Culture | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
| Joop van der Reijden (1927–2006) | • Primary Healthcare • Social Services • Elderly Care • Disability Policy • Medical Ethics | 5 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I) | ||
| Dick Dees (born 1944) | • Primary Healthcare • Social Services | 14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II) | ||
| Hans Simons (1947–2019) | • Primary Healthcare • Elderly Care • Youth Care • Disability Policy | 7 November 1989 – 26 February 1994 | Labour Party | Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III) | ||
| State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
| Erica Terpstra (born 1943) | • Social Services • Elderly Care • Youth Care • Disability Policy • Minorities • Food Policy • Recreation • Sport | 22 August 1994 – 28 June 1998 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Wim Kok (Kok I) | ||
| Margo Vliegenthart (born 1958) | • Elderly Care • Youth Care • Disability Policy • Pharmaceutical Policy • Sport | 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 | Labour Party | Wim Kok (Kok II) | ||
| Clémence Ross- van Dorp (born 1957) | • Elderly Care • Youth Care • Disability Policy • Medical Ethics • Sport | 22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I • II • III) | ||
| Dr. Jet Bussemaker (born 1961) | • Elderly Care • Youth Care • Disability Policy • Medical Ethics • Sport | 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 | Labour Party | Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV) | ||
| Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten (born 1953) | • Elderly Care • Youth Care • Disability Policy • Medical Ethics • Pharmaceutical Policy | 14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Mark Rutte (Rutte I) | ||
| Martin van Rijn (born 1956) | • Elderly Care • Youth Care • Disability Policy • Medical Ethics • Pharmaceutical Policy | 5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017 | Labour Party | Mark Rutte (Rutte II) | ||
| Paul Blokhuis (born 1963) | • Social Services • Disability Policy | 26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022 | Christian Union | Mark Rutte (Rutte III) | ||
| Maarten van Ooijen (born 1990) | • Youth Care • Preventive Care | 10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024 | Christian Union | Mark Rutte (Rutte IV) | ||
| Vicky Maeijer (born 1986) | • Long-term Care • Social Care | 2 July 2024 – Incumbent | Party for Freedom | Dick Schoof (Schoof) | ||
| Vincent Karremans (born 1986) | • Youth Care • Preventive Care • Sport | 2 July 2024 – Incumbent | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | |||