| Honorific-Prefix: | Her Excellency |
| Stientje van Veldhoven | |
| Office: | Minister for the Environment and Housing |
| Primeminister: | Mark Rutte |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Term Start: | 1 November 2019 |
| Office1: | State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management |
| Term Start1: | 26 October 2017 |
| Term End1: | 1 November 2019 |
| Primeminister1: | Mark Rutte |
| Predecessor1: | Sharon Dijksma |
| Successor1: | Position abolished |
| Office2: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Term Start2: | 17 June 2010 |
| Term End2: | 26 October 2017 |
| Birth Date: | 22 June 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Party: | Democrats 66 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Groningen, University of Paris |
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.
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]
| Body | Party | Votes | Result | . | ||||||||
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| 2021 | House of Representatives | Democrats 66 | style=text-align:right | 79 | style=text-align:right | 548 | style=text-align:right | 24 | [3] |