Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Aid (Netherlands)

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands
Minister voor Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Incumbent Liesje Schreinemacher since 10 January 2022 (2022-01-10)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	His/Her Excellency
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	Wopke Hoekstra as Minister of Foreign Affairs
Appointer	The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
First holder	Theo Bot as Minister for Aid to Developing Countries 14 April 1965 (1965-04-14)
Salary	€157,287 (As of 2017) (including €8,387 of expenses)
Website	Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation

The minister for foreign trade and development cooperation (Dutch: Minister voor Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking) is a minister without portfolio in the Netherlands. The officeholder, who is a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers, is assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The minister is tasked with Trade and Export, Development Cooperation and International Environmental Policies. The current minister is Liesje Schreinemacher of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been in office since 10 January 2021.

Until 2012, the title was Minister for Development Cooperation (minister voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking). Foreign trade and export promotion were handled by another appointee, a state secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Internationally, the state secretary was allowed to use the title of minister on official business. In 2010 both posts were merged, first as a state secretary; two years later a ministership was reinstated.

According to the OECD, The Netherlands’ total ODA (USD 6.5 billion, preliminary data) increased in 2022 due to an increase in in-donor refugee costs, support to Ukraine and higher contributions to European Union (EU) institutions. It represented 0.67% of gross national income (GNI).

List of ministers for development cooperation

Minister for Aid to Developing Countries			Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Theo Bot (1911–1984)	14 April 1965 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party	Jo Cals (Cals)
					Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra)
		Bé Udink (1926–2016)	5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971	Christian Historical Union	Piet de Jong (De Jong)
Minister for Development Cooperation			Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Dr. Kees Boertien (1927–2002)	6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I • II)
		Jan Pronk (born 1940)	11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977	Labour Party	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl)
		Jan de Koning (1926–1994)	19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I)
				Christian Democratic Appeal
		Kees van Dijk (1931–2008)	11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982	Christian Democratic Appeal	Dries van Agt (Van Agt II • III)
		Eegje Schoo (born 1944)	4 November 1982 – 14 July 1986	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I)
		Piet Bukman (1934–2022)	14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II)
		Jan Pronk (born 1940)	7 November 1989 – 3 August 1998	Labour Party	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III)
					Wim Kok (Kok I)
		Eveline Herfkens (born 1952)	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Labour Party	Wim Kok (Kok II)
Not in use 2002–2003
		Agnes van Ardenne (born 1950)	27 May 2003 – 22 February 2007	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II • III)
		Bert Koenders (born 1958)	22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 [Res]	Labour Party	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV)
		Maxime Verhagen (born 1956)	23 February 2010 – 14 October 2010 [Minister]	Christian Democratic Appeal
Not in use 2010–2012
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation			Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Lilianne Ploumen (born 1962)	5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party	Mark Rutte (Rutte II)
		Sigrid Kaag (born 1961)	26 October 2017 – 10 August 2021 [Minister] [App]	Democrats 66	Mark Rutte (Rutte III)
		Tom de Bruijn (born 1948)	10 August 2021 – 10 January 2022	Democrats 66
		Liesje Schreinemacher (born 1983)	10 January 2022 – Incumbent	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte (Rutte IV)

^Resigned

^{Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs}

^{Minister of Foreign Affairs}

^{Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs from 13 February 2018 until 7 March 2018 and from 25 May 2021 until 10 August 2021}

List of state secretaries

State Secretary			Portfolio(s)	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Dr. Hans van Houten (1907–1996)	• European Union • NATO • Benelux • Development Cooperation • International Organizations	24 August 1959 – 24 July 1963	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan de Quay (De Quay)
		Dr. Isaäc Nicolaas Diepenhorst (1907–1976)	• United Nations • Development Cooperation • International Organizations	28 September 1963 – 14 April 1965	Christian Historical Union	Victor Marijnen (Marijnen)
		Agnes van Ardenne (born 1950)	• Development Cooperation [Title]	22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003	Christian Democratic Appeal	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I)
		Dr. Ben Knapen (born 1951)	• European Union • Benelux • Development Cooperation [Title]	14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012	Christian Democratic Appeal	Mark Rutte (Rutte I)
Not in use (since 2012)

^Resigned

^{Designated with the diplomatic rank of Minister}

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency
• Center for the Promotion of Imports
• Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
• NICCT
• List of the largest trading partners of the Netherlands
• Development aid