Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Deputy Prime Minister of the
Netherlands
Viceminister-president van Nederland
State Coat of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Formation25 June 1945; 79 years ago (1945-06-25)
First holderWillem Drees
Salary€144,000 annually
(including €7,887.24 expenses)
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Politics of the Netherlands
Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. [The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht.] The shield is crowned with the (Dutch) royal crown and supported by two lions Or armed and langued gules. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (French for "I will maintain".)
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The deputy prime minister of the Netherlands (Dutch: Viceminister-president van Nederland) is the official deputy of the head of government of the Netherlands. In the absence of the prime minister of the Netherlands the deputy prime minister takes over his functions, such as chairing the Cabinet of the Netherlands and the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands. Conventionally, all of the junior partners in the coalition get one deputy, and the deputies are ranked according to the size of their respective parties in the House of Representatives.