Bas van 't Wout

Bas van 't Wout
Van 't Wout in 2015
Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
In office
20 January 2021 – 24 May 2021
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byCora van Nieuwenhuizen (Acting)
Succeeded byStef Blok
State Secretary for Social Affairs
and Employment
In office
9 July 2020 – 20 January 2021
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byTamara van Ark
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
20 September 2012 – 2 July 2020
Personal details
Born
Bastiaan van 't Wout

(1979-04-22) 22 April 1979 (age 45)
Amersfoort, Netherlands
Political partyPeople's Party for
Freedom and Democracy
Alma materVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
OccupationPolitician

Bastiaan "Bas" van 't Wout (born 22 April 1979) is a Dutch retired politician who served as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy in 2021 in the Third Rutte cabinet.[1][2] A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he was previously elected to the House of Representatives from 2012 to 2020, before he held the position of State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment from 2020 until 2021.[1]

  1. ^ a b "B. (Bas) van 't Wout" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Van Ark beëdigd als minister voor Medische Zorg, Van 't Wout als staatssecretaris van SZW" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. 9 July 2020. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020.