List of ministers of education of the Netherlands
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{{Infobox official post
|post = Minister of Education, Culture and Science
|body = the Netherlands
|native_name = Minister van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap
|flag = Flag of the Netherlands.svg
|flagsize = 250x250px
|flagcaption = Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
|insignia = Logo ministerie OCW.svg
|insigniasize = 250x250px
|insigniacaption = Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
|image = Eppo Bruins 2018.jpg
|imagesize =
|alt = Minister of Education, Culture and Science Eppo Bruins
|incumbent = Eppo Bruins
|incumbentsince = {{Start date and years ago|2024|7|2|df=y}}
|type =
|status =
|department = Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
|style = His/Her Excellency
|member_of = Council of Ministers
|reports_to =
|residence =
|seat =
|nominator =
|appointer = The Monarch
|appointer_qualified = on advice of the Prime Minister
|termlength =
|termlength_qualified =
|constituting_instrument =
|precursor =
|formation = {{Start date and years ago|1798|02|17|df=y}}
|first = Theodorus van Kooten
as Secretary of National Education
|last =
|abolished =
|succession =
|abbreviation =
|unofficial_names =
|deputy = Mariëlle Paul as State Secretary for Primary and Secondary Education and Equal Opportunities
|salary = €157,287 ({{As of|2017}})
(including €4,193 of expenses)
|website = [https://www.government.nl/government/members-of-cabinet/eppo-bruins Minister of Education, Culture and Science]
}}
{{Politics of the Netherlands}}
The minister of education, culture and science ({{langx|nl|Minister van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap}}) is the head of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The current minister of education, culture and science is Eppo Bruins of New Social Contract (NSC) who has been in office since 2 July 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.government.nl/government/members-of-cabinet/eppo-bruins|title=Eppo Bruins|publisher=Government of the Netherlands|date=2 July 2024|access-date=21 July 2024}} The minister of education, culture and science is often assigned a state secretary who is tasked with specific portfolios, currently Mariëlle Paul of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).{{Cite news |url = https://www.government.nl/government/members-of-cabinet/marielle-paul |access-date = 21 July 2024 |website = Government of the Netherlands |title = Mariëlle Paul }} In the past, there have been ministers without portfolio assigned to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
List of ministers of education
=Education, arts and sciences (1918–1965)=
:{{note_label|Note1|Medical leave of absence from 7 November 1961 until 4 February 1962 and from 23 April 1963}}
:{{note_label|Minister1|Minister of Social Affairs in 1935}}
:{{note_label|Minister2|Minister of Social Work}}
=Education and sciences (1965–1994)=
:{{note_label|Appointed1|Appointed as Speaker of the House of Representatives}}
:{{note_label|Minister3|Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries}}
=Education, culture and science (since 1994)=
:{{note_label|Deputy Prime Minister|Deputy Prime Minister}}
:{{note_label|Minister4|Minister without Portfolio for Health, Welfare and Sport}}
List of ministers without portfolio
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Portrait ! Name ! Portfolio(s) ! Term of office ! colspan=2|Party ! Cabinet |
| File:Mauk de Brauw 1981 (1).jpg
| Jonkheer | rowspan=3 | • Higher | 6 July 1971 – | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Socialists '70}};"| | rowspan=2 | Biesheuvel I |
| rowspan=2 | File:Chris van Veen 1972 (1).jpg
| rowspan=2 | Chris van Veen | rowspan=2 | 21 July 1972 – | rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Christian Historical Union}};"| | rowspan=2 | Christian |
| Biesheuvel II |
| File:Boy Trip 1974 (1).jpg
| Boy Trip | • Science Policy | 11 May 1973 – | style="background:{{party color|Political Party of Radicals}};"| | Den Uyl |
| File:Peijnenburg, drs. M.W.J.M. - SFA007000333.jpg
| Rinus Peijnenburg | rowspan=5 | • Science Policy | 19 December 1977 – | style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| | rowspan=5 | Van Agt I |
| File:Leendert Ginjaar 1977 (1).jpg
| Dr. | 1 April 1979 – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"| |
| rowspan=3 | File:Ton van Trier (1981).jpg
| rowspan=3 | Dr. | rowspan=3 | 3 May 1979 – | style="background:{{party color|Independent Catholic (Netherlands)}};"| |
| style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| |
| style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"| |
| colspan=7 | Not in use (1981–2017) |
| File:Arie Slob ChristenUnie (cropped).jpg
| Arie Slob | • Primary | 26 October 2017 – | style="background:{{party color|ChristianUnion}};"| |
| File:Dennis Wiersma, voorzitter FNV Jong, bij het congres FNV in Beweging, 14 en 15 mei 2013 (cropped).jpg
| Dennis Wiersma | rowspan=2 | • Primary | 10 January 2022 – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"| | People's Party for | rowspan=2 | Rutte IV |
| File:Mariëlle Paul - 2023 (cropped).jpg
| Mariëlle Paul | 21 July 2023 – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"| |
| colspan=7 | Not in use (since 2024) |
:{{note_label|Minister5|Minister of Education and Sciences}}
:{{note_label|Minister6|Minister of Health and Environment}}
List of state secretaries of education
=Education, arts and sciences (1950–1965)=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Portrait ! Name ! Portfolio(s) ! Term of office ! colspan=2|Party ! Cabinet |
| rowspan=2 | File:Jo Cals 1966.jpg
| rowspan=2 | Jo Cals | rowspan=2 | • Youth Care | rowspan=2 | 15 March 1950 – | rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| | rowspan=2 | Catholic |
| Drees I |
| rowspan=2 | File:Anna de Waal 1954 (1).jpg
| rowspan=2 | Dr. | rowspan=2 | • Primary | rowspan=2 | 2 February 1953 – | rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| | rowspan=2 | Catholic | Drees II |
| rowspan=2 | Drees III |
| rowspan=2 | File:Höppener, R.G.A. - SFA008007097.jpg
| rowspan=2 | René Höppener | rowspan=2 | • Youth Care | rowspan=2 | 12 November 1956 – | rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| | rowspan=2 | Catholic |
| Beel II |
| File:Gerard Stubenrouch 1961 (1).jpg
| Gerard Stubenrouch | rowspan=2 | • Primary | 16 June 1959 – | style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| | rowspan=3 | De Quay |
| File:Hendrikus Hubertus Janssen (1962).jpg
| Dr. | 4 June 1962 – | style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| |
| File:Scholten, Mr. Y - Scholten, Ynso - Scholten, Minister Mr. Y. - SFA002005026.jpg
| Ynso Scholten | • Youth Care | 16 June 1959 – | style="background:{{party color|Christian Historical Union}};"| |
| File:Hans Grosheide 1963 (1).jpg
| Hans Grosheide | • Primary | 3 September 1963 – | style="background:{{party color|Anti Revolutionary Party}};"| | rowspan=2 | Marijnen |
| File:Louis van de Laar 1964 (1).jpg
| Louis van de Laar | • Social Services | 24 October 1963 – | style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| |
=Education and sciences (1965–1994)=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Portrait ! Name ! Portfolio(s) ! Term of office ! colspan=2|Party ! Cabinet |
| rowspan=3 | File:Hans Grosheide 1963 (1).jpg
| rowspan=3 | Hans Grosheide | rowspan=3 | • Primary | rowspan=3 | 14 April 1965 – | rowspan=3 style="background:{{party color|Anti Revolutionary Party}};"| | rowspan=3 | Anti-Revolutionary | Cals |
| Zijlstra |
| De Jong |
| File:Kees Schelfhout 1971 (1).jpg
| Kees Schelfhout | • Primary | 28 July 1971 – | style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| | Biesheuvel I, II |
| File:Ger Klein.jpg
| • Higher | 11 May 1973 – | style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"| | rowspan=3 | Den Uyl |
| File:Verkiezingsuitslagen voor de Provinciale Staten in een NOS-studio in Hilversum , Bestanddeelnr 923-3572.jpg
| Dr. | rowspan=2 | • Secondary | 11 May 1973 – | style="background:{{party color|Anti Revolutionary Party}};"| |
| rowspan=2 | File:Klaas de Jong 1975 (1).jpg
| rowspan=2 | Klaas de Jong | 1 September 1975 – | rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Anti Revolutionary Party}};"| | rowspan=2 | Anti-Revolutionary |
| • Secondary Education | 19 December 1977 – | rowspan=2 | Van Agt I |
| rowspan=3 | File:Ad Hermes 1981 (1).jpg
| rowspan=3 | Ad Hermes | rowspan=2 | • Primary | rowspan=2 | 9 January 1978 – | style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| |
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"|
| rowspan=2 | Christian |
| • Primary Education • Special Education | 29 May 1982 – |
| File:Tweede Kamervoorzitter Wim Deetman, Bestanddeelnr 934-5029 (cropped).jpg
| Wim Deetman | • Secondary | 11 September 1981 – | style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"| |
| rowspan=2 | File:Persconferentie voorlichtingscampage "Aids en jongeren", nr. 3, staatssecretaris Ginjaar Maas , kop - NL-HaNA Anefo 934-3440 WM635.jpg
| rowspan=2 | Nell Ginjaar-Maas | • Secondary | 5 November 1982 – | rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"| | rowspan=2 | People's Party for |
| • Primary Education • Secondary Education • Adult Education | 14 July 1986 – |
| File:CHU lijsttrekker Leijenhorst, Bestanddeelnr 930-5751.jpg
| Gerard van | 8 November 1982 – | style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"| |
| File:Jacques Wallage 1985 (1).jpg
| Jacques Wallage | • Primary | 7 November 1989 – | style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"| | rowspan=3 | Lubbers III |
| File:Roel in t Veld.jpg
| Dr. | • Secondary | 9 June 1993 – | style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"| |
| File:Flickr - NewsPhoto! - politici in zwart-wit, Job Cohen (PvdA).jpg
| • Higher | 2 July 1993 – | style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"| |
:{{note_label|Appointed2|Appointed as State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment}}
=Education, culture and science (since 1994)=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Portrait ! Name ! Portfolio(s) ! Term of office ! colspan=2|Party ! Cabinet |
| File:Tineke Netelenbos 1987 (1).jpg
| Tineke Netelenbos | • Primary | 22 August 1994 – | style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"| | rowspan=2 | Kok I |
| File:Aad Nuis (1987).jpg
| Aad Nuis | • Science Policy | 22 August 1994 – | style="background:{{party color|Democrats 66}};"| |
| File:Karin Adelmund (1988).jpg
| Karin Adelmund | • Primary | 3 August 1998 – | style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"| | rowspan=2 | Kok II |
| File:Rick van der Ploeg (2016).jpg
| Dr. | 3 August 1998 – | style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"| |
| rowspan=2 | File:ANijs.jpg
| rowspan=2 | Annette Nijs | rowspan=4 | • Higher | rowspan=2 | 22 July 2002 – | rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"| | rowspan=2 | People's Party for |
| rowspan=3 | Balkenende II |
| File:Rutte.jpg
| Mark Rutte | 17 June 2004 – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"| |
| rowspan=2 | File:Bruno Bruins, 2018.jpg
| rowspan=2 | Bruno Bruins | 29 June 2006 – | rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"| | rowspan=2 | People's Party for |
| • Higher Education • Adult Education • Science Policy | 3 July 2006 – |
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| Cees van Leeuwen | 22 July 2002 – | style="background:{{party color|Pim Fortuyn List}};"| |
| File:Medy van der Laan.jpg
| Medy van der Laan | 27 May 2003 – | style="background:{{party color|Democrats 66}};"| |
| rowspan=2 | File:VanBijsterveldt Dutch politician kabinet Balkenende IV.jpg
| rowspan=2 | Marja van Bijsterveldt | 22 February 2007 – | rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"| | rowspan=2 | Christian | rowspan=3 | Balkenende IV |
| • Higher Education • Secondary Education • Science • Media • Culture • Art • Emancipation | 23 February 2010 – |
| File:Dijksma Dutch politician kabinet Balkenende IV.jpg
| Sharon Dijksma | • Primary | 22 February 2007 – | style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"| |
| File:Halbe-zijlstra-portret.jpg
| Halbe Zijlstra | • Higher | 14 October 2010 – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"| | People's Party for | Rutte I |
| File:Sander Dekker 2015 (1).jpg
| Sander Dekker | • Higher | 5 November 2012 – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"| | People's Party for | Rutte II |
| colspan=7 | Vacant |
| File:220107Gunay Uslu39 (cropped).jpg
| Dr. | rowspan=4 | • Culture | 10 January 2022 – | style="background:{{party color|Democrats 66}};"| | rowspan=4 | Rutte IV |
| File:Robbert Dijkgraaf, 2022.jpg
| Robbert Dijkgraaf | 1 December 2023 – | style="background:{{party color|Democrats 66}};"| |
| File:Steven van Weyenberg (cropped).jpg
| Steven van Weyenberg | 6 December 2023 – | style="background:{{party color|Democrats 66}};"| |
| File:2013-06-01 fleur gräper (cropped).JPG
| Fleur Gräper | 12 January 2024 – | style="background:{{party color|Democrats 66}};"| |
| File:Mariëlle Paul - 2023 (cropped).jpg
| Mariëlle Paul | • Primary | 2 July 2024 – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"| | People's Party for | Schoof |
List of ministers of social work
=Social work (1952–1965)=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Portrait ! Name ! Term of office ! colspan=2|Party ! Cabinet |
| File:Louis Beel 1958.jpg
| Dr. | 2 September 1952 – | style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| | rowspan=2 | Drees II |
| File:Frans-Jozef van Thiel 1953 (1).jpg
| Frans-Jozef van Thiel | 9 September 1952 – | style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| |
| rowspan=3 | File:Klompé, dr. Marga A. M. - SFA001011541.jpg
| rowspan=3 | Dr. | rowspan=3 | 13 October 1956 – | rowspan=3 style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| | rowspan=3 | Catholic |
| Beel II |
| De Quay |
| File:Jo Schouwenaar-Franssen (1963).jpg
| Jo Schouwenaar- | 24 July 1963 – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"| | People's Party for | Marijnen |
:{{note_label|Deputy Prime Minister|Deputy Prime Minister}}
:{{note_label|Minister7|Minister of the Interior}}
=Culture, recreation and social work (1965–1982)=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Portrait ! Name ! Term of office ! colspan=2|Party ! Cabinet |
| File:Maarten Vrolijk (1965).jpg
| Maarten Vrolijk | 14 April 1965 – | style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"| | Cals |
| rowspan=2 | File:Klompé, dr. Marga A. M. - SFA001011541.jpg
| rowspan=2 | Dr. | rowspan=2 | 22 November 1966 – | rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| | rowspan=2 | Catholic | Zijlstra |
| rowspan=3 | De Jong |
| File:Gerard Veringa 1977 (1).jpg
| Dr. | 7 January 1971 – | style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| |
| File:Klompé, dr. Marga A. M. - SFA001011541.jpg
| Dr. | 22 February 1971 – | style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| |
| File:Piet Engels 1973 (1).jpg
| Piet Engels | 6 July 1971 – | style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| | Biesheuvel I, II |
| File:Harry van Doorn 1974 (1).jpg
| Harry van Doorn | 11 May 1973 – | style="background:{{party color|Political Party of Radicals}};"| | Den Uyl |
| rowspan=2 | File:Til Gardeniers-Berendsen 1982 (1).jpg
| rowspan=2 | Til Gardeniers- | rowspan=2 | 19 December 1977 – | style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| | rowspan=2 | Van Agt I |
| style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"| |
| File:André van der Louw 1982 (1).jpg
| André van der Louw | 11 September 1981 – | style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"| |
| File:Hans de Boer 1979 (1).jpg
| Hans de Boer | 29 May 1982 – | style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"| | rowspan=2 | Van Agt III |
| File:Til Gardeniers-Berendsen 1982 (1).jpg
| Til Gardeniers- | 11 October 1982 – | style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"| |
:{{note_label|Note2|Medical leave of absence from 7 January 1971 until 22 February 1971}}
:{{note_label|Note3|Medical leave of absence from 11 October 1982}}
:{{note_label|Minister8|Minister of Education and Sciences}}
:{{note_label|Minister9|Minister of Health and Environment}}
List of state secretaries of social work
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Portrait ! Name ! Portfolio(s) ! Term of office ! colspan=2|Party ! Cabinet |
| File:Cees Egas 1965 (1).jpg
| Cees Egas | • Social Services | 10 May 1965 – | style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"| | Cals |
| colspan=7 | Vacant |
| File:Hein van de Poel (1967).jpg
| Hein van de Poel | • Unemployment | 29 May 1967 – | style="background:{{party color|Catholic People's Party}};"| | De Jong |
| File:Fia van Veenendaal-van Meggelen 1970 (1).jpg
| Fia van Veenendaal- | • Social Services | 28 July 1971 – | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Socialists '70}};"| | rowspan=2 | Biesheuvel I |
| rowspan=2 | File:Henk Vonhoff 1971 (1).jpg
| rowspan=2 | Henk Vonhoff | • Youth Care | rowspan=2 | 28 July 1971 – | rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"| | rowspan=2 | People's Party for |
| • Social Services • Disability Policy • Youth Care • Nature • Culture • Art • Recreation • Sport |
| File:Wim Meijer 1981 (1).jpg
| Wim Meijer | • Social Services | 11 May 1973 – | style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"| | Den Uyl |
| rowspan=2 | File:Presentatie Nederlands Aktieprogramma Emancipatiebeleid door Kraayeveld-Wouters , Bestanddeelnr 931-4846.jpg
| rowspan=2 | Jeltien | rowspan=2 | • Unemployment | rowspan=2 | 28 December 1977 – | style="background:{{party color|Anti Revolutionary Party}};"| | rowspan=3 | Van Agt I |
| style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"| |
| File:Staatssecretaris Wallis de Vries (CRM), Bestanddeelnr 930-3513.jpg
| Gerard Wallis | • Social Services | 4 January 1978 – | style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"| |
| File:Hans de Boer 1979 (1).jpg
| Hans de Boer | • Social Services | 11 September 1981 – | style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"| |
See also
References
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{{Ministers of Education of the Netherlands}}
{{Government of the Netherlands}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:List of Ministers of Education of the Netherlands}}