Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Department overview
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
Coat of arms of the Netherlands
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Formed	March 12, 1798 (1798-03-12)
Jurisdiction	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Headquarters	Rijnstraat 8, The Hague, Netherlands
Annual budget	€11,5 billion (2013)^[1]
Ministers responsible	Bert Koenders, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
Website	Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Dutch: Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken; BZ) is a Dutch Ministry responsible for foreign relations and international development. Although the Dutch Republic already engaged in extensive diplomatic activity, the present Ministry was created in 1798 as the Department of Foreign Affairs of the then Batavian Republic. It was renamed in 1876 to become the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The head of the Dutch Foreign Ministry is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, currently Bert Koenders.

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Responsibilities

The Ministry is responsible for the foreign relations of the Netherlands and its responsibilities are as follows:^[2]

to maintain relations with other countries and international organisations.
to promote cooperation with other countries.
to help developing countries accelerate their social and economic development through international cooperation.
to promote the interests of Dutch nationals and the Netherlands abroad.
to collect information on other countries and international developments for the Government and other interested parties.
to provide information on Dutch policy and the Netherlands' position on international issues and developments.
to present the Netherlands to the world.
to deal with applications from and the problems of foreigners living in the Netherlands or seeking to enter or leave the country.

Organisation

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Development Cooperation (Netherlands), currently Lilianne Ploumen, provide political leadership to the Ministry. The ministry consists of four directorates-general, which deal with a particular policy area:^[3]

The Directorate-General for Political Affairs is concerned with peace, security and human rights. This includes the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy, the political role of NATO, the United Nations ands the guidance for embassies and other diplomatic missions.
The Directorate-General for European Cooperation concerns itself with the European Union. It is responsible for Dutch relations with EU members and candidate countries. It also coordinates policy in other regional organizations like the Council of Europe, the OECD and the Benelux
The Directorate-General for International Cooperation is responsible for international development, in line with the four Dutch priorities of water, security and the rule of law, food security and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
The Directorate-General for Foreign Economic Relations promotes the interests of Dutch businesses abroad and helps shape the Dutch contribution to the global economic order.

The Netherlands has about 140 diplomatic missions abroad,^[4] see list of diplomatic missions of the Netherlands.

History

The Ministry was formed in 1798 as the Department of Foreign Affairs.^[5] Since 1965 a special Minister for International Development has been appointed in each government with the exception of the First Balkenende cabinet and the First Rutte cabinet).

List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs

See List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.

References

↑ (in Dutch) V Buitenlandse Zaken, Rijksoverheid, September 18, 2012
↑ "Government.nl". Retrieved 15 January 2017.
↑ "Rijksoverheid". Retrieved 15 January 2017.
↑ "Rijksoverheid". Retrieved 15 January 2017.
↑ "Geschiedenis ministerie BZ". Rijksoverheid.

External links

(in Dutch) Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (Rijksoverheid)

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Schimmelpenninck Bentinck van Nijenhuis Lightenvelt Van Sonsbeeck Ja. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Hall Gevers van Endegeest Van Goltstein Van Hall Ju. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van der Goes van Dirxland Ja. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Strens Stratenus Van der Maesen de Sombreff Huyssen van Kattendijke Cremers Ju. van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Mulken Roest van Limburg Van Mulken Gericke van Herwijnen Van der Does de Willebois Van Heeckeren van Kell Van Lynden van Sandenburg Rochussen Van der Does de Willebois Du Tour van Bellinchave Van Karnebeek Hartsen Van Tienhoven Jansen Röell De Beaufort Van Lynden Ellis Van Weede van Berencamp Ellis Van Tets van Goudriaan De Marees van Swinderen Cort van der Linden Loudon Van Karnebeek Beelaerts van Blokland De Graeff Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Colijn Patijn Van Kleffens Van Roijen Van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout Stikker Beyen Luns Schmelzer Van der Stoel Van der Klaauw Van der Stoel Van Agt Van den Broek Kooijmans Van Mierlo Van Aartsen De Hoop Scheffer Bot Verhagen Rosenthal Timmermans Koenders

Government of the Netherlands

Structure and process

Structure

Government	Monarch and the Ministers, including Ministers without Portfolio
Council of Ministers	Ministers, including Ministers without Portfolio, chaired by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands and one or more Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Cabinet (list)	Ministers, including Ministers without Portfolio and State Secretaries

Process

Demissionary cabinet
Dutch cabinet formation
- 2003
- 2006/2007
- 2010
- 2012
- 2017

Current ministries
General Affairs Interior and Kingdom Relations Foreign Affairs Finance Security and Justice Economic Affairs Defence Health, Welfare and Sport Education, Culture and Science Infrastructure and the Environment Social Affairs and Employment

Cabinets

Schimmelpenninck
De Kempenaer-Donker Curtius
Thorbecke I
Van Hall-Donker Curtius
Van der Brugghen
Rochussen
Van Hall-Van Heemstra
Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra
Thorbecke II
Fransen van de Putte
Van Zuylen van Nijevelt
Van Bosse-Fock
Thorbecke III
De Vries-Fransen van de Putte
Heemskerk-Van Lynden van Sandenburg
Kappeyne van de Coppello
Van Lynden van Sandenburg
Heemskerk Azn.
Mackay
Van Tienhoven
Röell
Pierson
Kuyper
De Meester
Heemskerk
Cort van der Linden
Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I
Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II
Colijn I
De Geer I
Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III
Colijn II
Colijn III
Colijn IV
Colijn V
De Geer II
Gerbrandy I
Gerbrandy II
Gerbrandy III
Schermerhorn-Drees
Beel I
Drees-Van Schaik
Drees I
Drees II
Drees III
Beel II
De Quay
Marijnen
Cals
Zijlstra
De Jong
Biesheuvel I
Biesheuvel II
Den Uyl
Van Agt I
Van Agt II
Van Agt III
Lubbers I
Lubbers II
Lubbers III
Kok I
Kok II
Balkenende I
Balkenende II
Balkenende III
Balkenende IV
Rutte I
Rutte II

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