Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (Netherlands)
Dutch Minister without portfolio / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The minister for foreign trade and development cooperation (Dutch: Minister voor Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking) is a minister without portfolio in the Netherlands. The officeholder, who is a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers, is assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The minister is tasked with Trade and Export, Development Cooperation and International Environmental Policies. The current minister is Liesje Schreinemacher of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), who was sworn on in 10 January 2022.[1]
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands | |
---|---|
Minister voor Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Style | His/Her Excellency |
Member of | Council of Ministers |
Reports to | Wopke Hoekstra as Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
First holder | Theo Bot as Minister for Aid to Developing Countries 14 April 1965; 59 years ago (1965-04-14) |
Salary | €157,287 (As of 2017[update]) (including €8,387 of expenses) |
Website | Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation |
Until 2012, the title was Minister for Development Cooperation (minister voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking). Foreign trade and export promotion were handled by another appointee, a state secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Internationally, the state secretary was allowed to use the title of minister on official business. In 2010 both posts were merged, first as a state secretary; two years later a ministership was reinstated.
According to the OECD, The Netherlands’ total ODA (USD 6.5 billion, preliminary data) increased in 2022 due to an increase in in-donor refugee costs, support to Ukraine and higher contributions to European Union (EU) institutions. It represented 0.67% of gross national income (GNI). [2]