Atzo Nicolaï

Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations
Atzo Nicolaï

Preceded by	Alexander Pechtold
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	February 22, 1960 Delft, Netherlands
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Website: www.atzonicolai.nl

Atzo Nicolaï (born 22 February 1960 in Delft) is a Dutch politician and the current Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations in the third Balkenende cabinet.

Nicolaï studied law and political science at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. After his graduation in 1987, he was employed by the ministry of Welfare, Health and Culture. In 1998, he became member of parliament for the VVD fraction. In 2002, he became junior minister of European Affairs in the first Balkenende cabinet, a post he continued in the second Balkenende cabinet.

Preceded by Dick Benschop	Dutch Minister for European Affairs July 22, 2002 – July 7, 2006	Succeeded by Ben Bot (ad interim)
Preceded by Alexander Pechtold	Dutch Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations July 7, 2006 –	Succeeded by incumbent