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Government of the Netherlands

  • Dutch: Regering van Nederland

Governs the Netherlands

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At a glance

Who it answers to

The ministers answer to both chambers of the States General and need the confidence of the House of Representatives; the cabinet falls or resigns when it loses it. The Prime Minister is normally the leader of the largest party in the governing coalition.

Constitution art. 42, 68

Who sits on it

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Sources for who sits on it

  • Prime Minister rijksoverheid.nl · checked
    wetten.overheid.nl · checked
  • Rob Jetten as Prime Minister rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • First Deputy Prime Minister rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius as First Deputy Prime Minister rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Second Deputy Prime Minister rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Bart van den Brink as Second Deputy Prime Minister rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of General Affairs rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Rob Jetten as Minister of General Affairs rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Defence rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius as Minister of Defence rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Asylum and Migration rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Bart van den Brink as Minister of Asylum and Migration rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Tom Berendsen as Minister of Foreign Affairs rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Sjoerd Sjoerdsma as Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Justice and Security rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • David van Weel as Minister of Justice and Security rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Pieter Heerma as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan as Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Education, Culture and Science rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Rianne Letschert as Minister of Education, Culture and Science rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Finance rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Eelco Heinen as Minister of Finance rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Vincent Karremans as Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Heleen Herbert as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Climate and Green Growth rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Stientje van Veldhoven-van der Meer as Minister of Climate and Green Growth rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Jaimi van Essen as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Social Affairs and Employment rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Hans Vijlbrief as Minister of Social Affairs and Employment rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Work and Participation rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Thierry Aartsen as Minister of Work and Participation rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Sophie Hermans as Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Minister of Long-term Care, Youth and Sport rijksoverheid.nl · checked
  • Mirjam Sterk as Minister of Long-term Care, Youth and Sport rijksoverheid.nl · checked
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What it can do

  • Determining general government policy

    The Council of Ministers decides general government policy and promotes consistency in it (Constitution art. 45).

  • Accountability to the States General

    Ministers are accountable to the States General for the policy pursued; the Prime Minister chairs the Council of Ministers (Constitution arts. 42, 68, 45).

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Sources

  • government.nl · checked Government.nl and Rijksoverheid.nl, structure of the Dutch state, read 2026-10-12: Monarchy, Government, States General (two chambers), Supreme Court as national authorities; provincial executive and council per Provinciewet. [linked to this row by verify:nl from the world:nl bulk source] For: Government of the Netherlands
  • rijksoverheid.nl · checked Rijksoverheid, Bewindspersonen (Kabinet-Jetten), read 2026-10-12: the 18 ministers, deputy prime ministers and portfolios (state secretaries not loaded). English titles from https://www.government.nl/government/members-of-cabinet. [linked to this row by verify:nl from the world:nl bulk source] For: Prime Minister, First Deputy Prime Minister, Second Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of General Affairs, Minister of Defence and 16 more
  • wetten.overheid.nl · checked Grondwet (BWBR0001840), read 2026-10-12: arts. 24-25 (succession), 55 and 132a (Senate electorate incl. the Caribbean electoral colleges), 117-118 (Supreme Court appointment from a House list of three), 43 (ministers appointed by royal decree); selection_detail corrected. For: Prime Minister
  • rijksoverheid.nl · checked Rijksoverheid, Bewindspersonen, read 2026-10-12: ministers currently in office. Start 2026-02-23 (swearing-in of the Jetten cabinet) from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetten_cabinet and Wikidata (Q6873597), Fallback: Wikipedia, because government.nl does not state the date; cross-checked against Wikidata P580. Party per Wikipedia/Wikidata P102. [linked to this row by verify:nl from the world:nl bulk source] For: Rob Jetten as Prime Minister, Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius as First Deputy Prime Minister, Bart van den Brink as Second Deputy Prime Minister, Rob Jetten as Minister of General Affairs, Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius as Minister of Defence and 16 more

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