Carola Schouten

Carola Schouten
Schouten in 2017
Mayor of Rotterdam
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 October 2024
Preceded by	Ahmed Aboutaleb
Third Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 26 October 2017 – 2 July 2024
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Lodewijk Asscher (Deputy PM)
Succeeded by	Eddy van Hijum
Minister for Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions
In office 10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Dennis Wiersma
Succeeded by	Jurgen Nobel
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
In office 26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Henk Kamp (as Minister of Economic Affairs)
Succeeded by	Henk Staghouwer
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 31 March 2021 – 18 January 2022
Preceded by	Stieneke van der Graaf
In office 18 May 2011 – 26 October 2017
Preceded by	André Rouvoet
Succeeded by	Stieneke van der Graaf
Personal details
Born	Cornelia Johanna Schouten (1977-10-06) 6 October 1977 (age 47) 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Union
Children	1
Residence(s)	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	Erasmus University Rotterdam (Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant
Website	Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

Cornelia Johanna "Carola" Schouten (Dutch pronunciation: [kaːˈroːlaː ˈsxʌutə(n)]; born 6 October 1977) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Union (CU). She was Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and Third Deputy Prime Minister in the third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to 2022. She continued to serve as Third Deputy Prime Minister in the fourth Rutte cabinet alongside her position as Minister for Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions until July 2024.^[1] On 10 October 2024, Schouten became the mayor of Rotterdam succeeding Ahmed Aboutaleb.^[2]