Sigrid Kaag

Sigrid Kaag
Official portrait, 2018
United Nations Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 January 2024
Secretary-General	António Guterres
Preceded by	Position established
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 10 January 2022 – 8 January 2024
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Hugo de Jonge
Succeeded by	Rob Jetten
Leader of the Democrats 66
In office 4 September 2020 – 12 August 2023
Preceded by	Alexander Pechtold
Succeeded by	Rob Jetten
Ministerial offices 2017‍–‍2024 Minister of Finance In office 10 January 2022 – 8 January 2024 Prime Minister Mark Rutte Preceded by Wopke Hoekstra Succeeded by Rob Jetten (acting) Minister of Foreign Affairs In office 25 May 2021 – 17 September 2021 Prime Minister Mark Rutte Preceded by Stef Blok Succeeded by Tom de Bruijn (acting) Acting 13 February 2018 – 7 March 2018 Prime Minister Mark Rutte Preceded by Halbe Zijlstra Succeeded by Stef Blok Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation In office 26 October 2017 – 10 August 2021 Prime Minister Mark Rutte Preceded by Lilianne Ploumen Succeeded by Tom de Bruijn
House of Representatives offices 2021‍–‍2023 Member of the House of Representatives In office 31 March 2021 – 10 January 2022 Leader of Democrats 66 in the House of Representatives In office 28 September 2021 – 10 January 2022 Preceded by Rob Jetten Succeeded by Jan Paternotte In office 18 March 2021 – 25 May 2021 Preceded by Rob Jetten Succeeded by Rob Jetten
United Nations positions 2013‍–‍2017 United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon In office 17 January 2015 – 26 October 2017 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon António Guterres Preceded by Derek Plumbly Succeeded by Pernille Dahler Kardel (acting) Ján Kubiš United Nations Special Coordinator for Syria In office 16 October 2013 – 30 September 2014 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Preceded by Position established Succeeded by Position abolished
Personal details
Born	Sigrid Agnes Maria Kaag (1961-11-02) 2 November 1961 (age 63) Rijswijk, Netherlands
Political party	Democrats 66
Spouse	Anis al-Qaq ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	4
Education	Utrecht University American University in Cairo (BA) St Antony's College, Oxford (MPhil) University of Exeter (MA)
Occupation	Politician humanitarian diplomat

Sigrid Agnes Maria Kaag (Dutch: [ˈsiɣrɪt ˈɑxnɛs maːˈrijaː ˈkaːx]; born 2 November 1961) is a Dutch politician, humanitarian and diplomat who is the UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza since 2024. Kaag most recently served in the fourth Rutte cabinet as First Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Finance from 2022 to 2024 and has previously served as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation and Minister of Foreign Affairs. She was Leader of the Democrats 66 (D66) from 2020 to 2023.

A diplomat by occupation, Kaag started working for the United Nations in 1994. She was Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa for UNICEF in Amman from 2007 to May 2010, when she was appointed Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Bureau of External Relations of the UNDP in New York City.^[1] From October 2013 to September 2014, she served as Under Secretary-General and Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Syria to oversee the elimination of the country's chemical weapons program. From January 2015 to October 2017, Kaag was the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL).^[2]

Kaag entered Dutch politics in 2017 as minister for foreign trade and development cooperation in the third Rutte cabinet on behalf of D66. She ascended to party leadership ahead of the 2021 general election and also served for some months as minister of foreign affairs. When the fourth Rutte cabinet was formed in January 2022, Kaag became first deputy prime Minister and minister of finance. She decided not to run for re-election in 2023 and was succeeded by Rob Jetten as party leader. Kaag resigned as minister in January 2024 to return to the United Nations as senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza.