Ministry of Development Cooperation
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The Minister for Development Cooperation was a government minister minister
Minister (government)
A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....
for international development.
In the Netherlands the minister for development cooperation was not the head of a ministry, but rather part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the Dutch ministry of foreign affairs: it is occupied with the external relations of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, including European cooperation and International development...
. The last minister was Maxime Verhagen
Maxime Verhagen
Maxime Jacques Marcel Verhagen is a Dutch politician in the Christian Democratic Appeal party. He is the Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and Deputy Prime Minister since October 14, 2010 in the Cabinet Rutte.He previously served as a Member of the European Parliament for...
of the Christian Democratic Appeal
Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
in the Cabinet Balkenende IV. The current Cabinet Rutte
Netherlands cabinet Rutte
The Rutte cabinet is the current Dutch coalition cabinet formed by the political parties People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Christian Democratic Appeal . The coalition is a minority cabinet, but is supported by the Party for Freedom to have a small majority in the House of...
chose not to continue this policy.
List of Dutch Ministers for Development
- Before 1965 no one
- 1965-1967 Theo Bot (Catholic People's PartyCatholic People's PartyThe Catholic People's Party was a Catholic Christian democratic Dutch political party. During its entire existence, the party was in government. The party is one of the precursors of the Christian Democratic Appeal.- 1945-1965 :The KVP was founded on 22 December, 1945...
) - 1967-1971 Berend-Jan Udink (Christian Historical UnionChristian Historical UnionThe Christian Historical Union was a Dutch conservative Protestant political party. The CHU is one of the predecessors of the Christian Democratic Appeal.-History before 1908:...
) - 1971-1973 Kees BoertienKees BoertienCornelis Boertien was a Dutch politician.-References:...
(Anti Revolutionary PartyAnti Revolutionary PartyThe Anti Revolutionary Party was a Dutch Protestant Christian democratic political party. The ARP is one of the predecessors of the Christian Democratic Appeal. After 1917 the party never received more than twenty percent of the vote.-History before 1879:The anti-revolutionary parliamentary caucus...
) - 1973-1977 Jan Pronk (Labour PartyLabour Party (Netherlands)The Labour Party , is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands. Since the 2003 Dutch General Election, the PvdA has been the second largest political party in the Netherlands. The PvdA was a coalition member in the fourth Balkenende cabinet following 22 February 2007...
) - 1977-1981 Jan de KoningJan de Koning (CDA)Jan de Koning was a Dutch politician. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal.-References:* in the Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland * at www.parlement.com...
(Christian Democratic AppealChristian Democratic AppealThe Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
) - 1981-1982 Kees van DijkKees van DijkKees van Dijk was a Dutch politician.-References:...
(Christian Democratic AppealChristian Democratic AppealThe Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
) - 1982-1986 Eegje SchooEegje SchooEegje Marjolein Schoo is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy . She served as Minister for Development Cooperation from November 1982 4 until July 14, 1986 in the Cabinet Lubbers I. And a Member of the House of Representatives from June 3, 1986 until January...
(People's Party for Freedom and DemocracyPeople's Party for Freedom and DemocracyThe People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal Democrats 66 alongside which it sits in...
) - 1986-1989 Piet BukmanPiet BukmanPieter Bukman is a former Dutch politician.He was President of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, first chairman of the Dutch Christian Democratic Appeal and second President of the European People's Party from 1985 to 1987.-References:...
(Christian Democratic AppealChristian Democratic AppealThe Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
) - 1989-1998 Jan PronkJan Pronk (Labour PartyLabour Party (Netherlands)The Labour Party , is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands. Since the 2003 Dutch General Election, the PvdA has been the second largest political party in the Netherlands. The PvdA was a coalition member in the fourth Balkenende cabinet following 22 February 2007...
) - 1998-2002 Eveline HerfkensEveline HerfkensEva Leonie "Eveline" Herfkens is a former Dutch politician.She was a member of the Dutch parliament from 1981–1990 and Minister of Development Cooperation from 1998–2002.-Career:...
(Labour PartyLabour Party (Netherlands)The Labour Party , is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands. Since the 2003 Dutch General Election, the PvdA has been the second largest political party in the Netherlands. The PvdA was a coalition member in the fourth Balkenende cabinet following 22 February 2007...
) - 2002-2003 only a State Secretary
- 2003-2007 Agnes van Ardenne (Christian Democratic AppealChristian Democratic AppealThe Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
) - 2007-2010 Bert KoendersBert KoendersAlbert Gerard "Bert" Koenders is a former Dutch politician. He was Minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands from 2007 until 2010...
(Labour PartyLabour Party (Netherlands)The Labour Party , is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands. Since the 2003 Dutch General Election, the PvdA has been the second largest political party in the Netherlands. The PvdA was a coalition member in the fourth Balkenende cabinet following 22 February 2007...
) - 2010 Maxime VerhagenMaxime VerhagenMaxime Jacques Marcel Verhagen is a Dutch politician in the Christian Democratic Appeal party. He is the Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and Deputy Prime Minister since October 14, 2010 in the Cabinet Rutte.He previously served as a Member of the European Parliament for...
(Christian Democratic AppealChristian Democratic AppealThe Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
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