Carola Schouten | |
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![]() Schouten in 2017 | |
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 6 October 1977 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands |
Political party | Christian Union |
Children | 1 |
Residence(s) | Rotterdam, South Holland, 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]