Post: | Minister of Economic Affairs |
Body: | the Netherlands |
Native Name: | Minister van Economische Zaken |
Flag: | Flag of the Netherlands.svg |
Flagsize: | 250x250px |
Flagcaption: | Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Insignia: | Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat Logo.png |
Insigniasize: | 250x250px |
Insigniacaption: | Ministry of Economic Affairs |
Incumbent: | Dirk Beljaarts |
Incumbentsince: | |
Department: | Ministry of Economic Affairs |
Style: | His/Her Excellency |
Member Of: | Council of Ministers |
Appointer: | The Monarch |
Appointer Qualified: | on advice of the Prime Minister |
First: | Johannes Goldberg as Secretary for the Economy Johannes Tak van Poortvliet as Minister of Water Management, Commerce and Industry |
Salary: | €157,287 (including €4,193 of expenses) |
Website: | Minister of Economic Affairs |
The minister of economic affairs (Dutch; Flemish: Minister van Economische Zaken) is the head of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The current minister is Dirk Beljaarts of the Party for Freedom (PVV) who has been in office since 2 July 2024. Regularly, a state secretary was assigned to the ministry tasked with specific portfolios. There has once been a minister without portfolio assigned to the ministry.