| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands | |
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| Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken | |
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
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| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Style | His/Her Excellency |
| Member of | Council of Ministers |
| Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Formation | 9 March 1798 |
| First holder | Willem Berend Buys as Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
| Deputy | Reinette Klever as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development |
| Salary | €157,287 (As of 2017[update]) (including €8,387 of expenses) |
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The minister of foreign affairs (Dutch: Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Caspar Veldkamp of the New Social Contract (NSC) party, who has been in office since 2 July 2024. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios, currently the function is not in use. Additionally since 1965 there has been a minister without portfolio assigned to the ministry, the minister for foreign trade and development cooperation has traditionally development cooperation as portfolio, since 2012 the portfolio of trade and export has been assigned added to the function.