| Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands | |
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| Minister van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport | |
 Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport | |
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| Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport | |
| Style | His/Her Excellency |
| Member of | Council of Ministers |
| Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Formation | 15 September 1951 |
| First holder | Dolf Joekes as Minister of Social Affairs and Health |
| Deputy | Vicky Maeijer as State Secretary for Long-term and Social Care Vincent Karremans as State Secretary for Youth, Prevention and Sport |
| Salary | €157,287 (As of 2017[update]) (including €4,193 of expenses) |
| Website | Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport |
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The minister of health, welfare and sport (Dutch: Minister van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport) is the head of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Fleur Agema of the Party for Freedom (PVV) who has been in office since 2 July 2024. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios. The current state secretaries are Vicky Maeijer of the Party for Freedom (PVV) and Vincent Karremans of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who have also been in office since 2 July 2024. Respectively, they have been assigned the portfolios of long-term care and social care and of youth care, preventive care, and sport. In the past, there have also been ministers without portfolio assigned to the ministry.