Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands | |
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Minister van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat | |
since 2 July 2024 | |
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management | |
Style | His/Her Excellency |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
First holder | Adriaan Twent van Raaphorst as Minister of Water Management 27 May 1809 Steef van Schaik as Minister of Transport 25 June 1945 Hein Vos as Minister of Transport and Water Management 1 March 1947 Melanie Schultz van Haegen as Minister of Infrastructure 14 October 2010 |
Deputy | Chris Jansen as State Secretary for Public Transport and the Environment |
Salary | €157,287 (As of 2017[update]) (including €4,193 of expenses) |
Website | Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management |
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The minister of infrastructure and water management (Dutch: Minister van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat) is the head of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Barry Madlener 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. Chris Jansen of the PVV has been serving as state secretary since 2 July 2024, and he has been assigned the portfolios of public transport and the environment (excluding climate).