Mona Keijzer

Mona Keijzer
Keijzer in 2019
Fourth Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Assumed office
2 July 2024
Prime MinisterDick Schoof
Preceded byOffice established
Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning
Assumed office
2 July 2024
Prime MinisterDick Schoof
Preceded byHugo de Jonge[a]
State Secretary for Economic Affairs
and Climate Policy
In office
26 October 2017 – 25 September 2021
Serving with Dilan Yeşilgöz (2021)
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byMartijn van Dam
Succeeded byHans Vijlbrief
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
6 December 2023 – 2 July 2024
Succeeded byMariska Rikkers
In office
31 March 2021 – 27 September 2021
In office
20 September 2012 – 26 October 2017
Personal details
Born
Maria Cornelia Gezina Keijzer

(1968-10-09) 9 October 1968 (age 56)
Edam, Netherlands
Political partyBBB (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations
CDA (1989–2023)
Children5
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam (LLM, MA)
OccupationPolitician, lawyer, mediator, civil servant

Maria Cornelia Gezina "Mona" Keijzer (born 9 October 1968) is a Dutch politician and former civil servant who is the minister of housing and spatial planning in the Schoof cabinet since 2024.[1] A member of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BoerBurgerBeweging, BBB), she won a seat in the House of Representatives in the 2023 Dutch general election.

Formerly a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), she served in the third Rutte cabinet as State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy alongside Dilan Yesilgöz-Zegerius from 26 October 2017 until 25 September 2021. Keijzer served in the House of Representatives between 2012 and 2017, and again for six months from 31 March 2021 until 27 September 2021. She focused on matters of nursing, home care and culture. Before becoming a full-time politician, she worked as an environmental jurist for the municipalities of Waterland and Almere, as well as for the province of Gelderland.


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  1. ^ Zaken, Ministerie van Algemene (2 July 2024). "Mona Keijzer - Rijksoverheid.nl". www.rijksoverheid.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 July 2024.