Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid | |
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Department overview | |
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Formed | March 12, 1798 |
Jurisdiction | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Headquarters | Schedeldoekshaven 100, The Hague, Netherlands |
Employees | 30,000 |
Annual budget | €11,1 billion (2018)[1] |
Minister responsible |
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Deputy Ministers responsible |
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Website | Ministry of Justice and Security |
The Ministry of Justice and Security (Dutch: Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid; JenV) is the Dutch ministry responsible for justice, imprisonment and public security. The ministry was created in 1798 as the Department of Justice, before it became in 1876 the Ministry of Justice. In 2010, it took over the public safety duties from the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and became Ministry of Security and Justice. In 2017 the ministry was renamed to Ministry of Justice and Security. The ministry is headed by the Minister of Justice and Security, David van Weel (NSC) since 2 July 2024.
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