Alexandra van Huffelen

Alexandra van Huffelen
Van Huffelen in 2022
State Secretary for
Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation
In office
10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byRaymond Knops
Succeeded byZsolt Szabó
State Secretary for Finance
In office
29 January 2020 – 10 January 2022
Serving with Hans Vijlbrief
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byMenno Snel
Succeeded byMarnix van Rij
Aukje de Vries
Member of the Senate
In office
11 June 2019 – 29 January 2020
Personal details
Born
Alexandra Carla van Huffelen

(1968-07-21) 21 July 1968 (age 56)
Leiden, Netherlands
Political partyDemocrats 66 (from 1989)
Residence(s)Utrecht, Netherlands
Alma materLeiden University
(Bachelor of Public Administration)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
(Master of Public Administration)
OccupationPolitician · civil servant · Management consultant
WebsiteState Secretary for Finance

Alexandra Carla van Huffelen (born 21 July 1968) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party.

She started her political career as an alderwoman in Rotterdam, holding the public space planning portfolio. She was Director of the Gemeente Vervoerbedrijf from 2014 until 2020 and a member of the Senate from 2015 to 2020.[1][2] She became State Secretary for Finance in the third Rutte cabinet on 29 January 2020, and her position changed to State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation on 10 January 2022 when the fourth Rutte cabinet was formed. Van Huffelen's term as state secretary ended on 2 July 2024, when the Schoof cabinet was sworn in.[3]

Van Huffelen announced her candidacy for party chair of D66 in September 2024 following the stepping down of Victor Everhardt.[4]

  1. ^ "Twee nieuwe staatssecretarissen Financiën: D66'ers Van Huffelen en Vijlbrief". Algemeen Dagblad. 26 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Senator Van Huffelen verlaat Eerste Kamer". Eerste Kamer. 28 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Ministers en staatssecretarissen kabinet-Schoof beëdigd" [Ministers and state secretaries of Schoof cabinet sworn in]. NOS (in Dutch). 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. ^ Van Soest, Hans (6 September 2024). "Oud-staatssecretaris Van Huffelen wil partijvoorzitter D66 worden: 'Vertrouwen herstellen'" [Former State Secretary Van Huffelen wants to be party chair of D66: 'Restore trust']. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 September 2024.