Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment

The Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (Dutch: Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu; IenM) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Transport, Aviation, Housing, Public works, Spatial planning, Land management, Forestry, Water and the Environment. The Ministry was created in 2010 following the merger of the former Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management and Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment. The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Infrastructure and Environment, currently Melanie Schultz van Haegen.

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Support agencies

• Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DGB)
• Directorate-General for Spatial Development and Water Affairs (DGRW)
• Directorate-General for Environment and International Affairs (DGMI)
• Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat)
• Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT)
• Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)
• Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
• Knowledge, Innovation and Strategy

List of Ministers of Infrastructure and Environment

For ministers of the predecessors of this ministry see Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management and Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment.

Minister of Infrastructure and Environment			Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Melanie Schultz van Haegen (born 1970)	14 October 2010 –	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte (Rutte I • II)

References

External links

• (in Dutch) Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu (Rijksoverheid)