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Of the 29 unprecedented ministers and 14 secretaries of state, 14 will be women, including 10 of the 20 ministers.
The next government in the Netherlands will set a record number of women after the next coalition publishes its list of ministers and secretaries of state on Sunday.
Of the 29 unprecedented ministers and 14 secretaries of state, 14 will be women, including 10 of the 20 ministers.
The four-party coalition will take the oath of office on January 10, after reaching an agreement in December – a record 271 days after the March elections – giving Prime Minister Mark Rutte a fourth term.
Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius, born in Ankara, will be Minister of Justice and Security. A 43-year-old girl who came to the Netherlands as a girl was nominated by the Center-Right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), of which Rutte is also a member.
The current Minister of the Interior, Kajsa Ollongren, will be the new Minister of Defense.
Democrat politician Wopke Hoekstra will be the new Foreign Minister.
Former finance minister and center-right leader Wopke Hoekstra, known for his black attitude towards spending, will be the foreign minister. Former Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag will replace him in the finance report.
The appointment of the finance minister is seen up close, as the Netherlands is seen as one of the “four” member states of the European Union, along with Austria, Denmark and Sweden, which clash with other nations over the EU budget.
A former Arabic-speaking diplomat, Kaag is a rare example of a Dutch politician who was better known abroad than at home.
In 2015-2017, he was the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, and previously led a UN team that oversaw the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons.
Ernst Kuipers, who was responsible for transporting coronavirus patients across the country, will replace Hugo de Jonge as health minister.
The parties have agreed to invest billions in the fight against climate change, and to reform housing and social policy.
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