Second Rutte cabinet

Second Rutte cabinet
*Rutte–Asscher cabinet*
Second Rutte cabinet ; Rutte–Asscher cabinet
2017 formation
Predecessor	First Rutte cabinet
Successor	Third Rutte cabinet

The second Rutte cabinet, also called the Rutte–Asscher cabinet, was the

Minister of Social Affairs and Employment

.

The cabinet served in the middle of the 2010s. Domestically, it had to deal with the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster, which was shot down by a surface-to-air missile killing 193 Dutch citizens on board, while internationally, climate change was a major point of attention. The cabinet suffered several major internal conflicts such as multiple cabinet resignations, including those of two Justice Ministers. The cabinet completed its entire term, and was succeeded by the third Rutte cabinet following the 2017 election. With 4 years, 355 days in office, it is the longest serving post-war cabinet in the Netherlands.^[1]

Cabinet members

Ministers			Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)			Term of office	Party
		Mark Rutte (born 1967)	Prime Minister	General Affairs		14 October 2010 – Incumbent ^[Retained] ^[Continued]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Dr. Lodewijk Asscher (born 1974)	Deputy Prime Minister	Social Affairs and Employment		5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party
		Dr. Lodewijk Asscher (born 1974)	Minister	Social Affairs and Employment		5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party
		Dr. Ronald Plasterk (born 1957)	Minister	Interior and Kingdom Relations		5 November 2012 – 29 June 2016 ^[Note]	Labour Party
		Stef Blok (born 1964)				29 June 2016 – 16 September 2016 ^[Acting]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Dr. Ronald Plasterk (born 1957)				16 September 2016 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party
		Frans Timmermans (born 1961)	Minister	Foreign Affairs		5 November 2012 – 17 October 2014 ^[App]	Labour Party
		Bert Koenders (born 1958)	Minister	Foreign Affairs		17 October 2014 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party
		Jeroen Dijsselbloem (born 1966)	Minister	Finance		5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party
		Ivo Opstelten (born 1944)	Minister	Security and Justice		14 October 2010 – 10 March 2015 ^[Retained] ^[Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Stef Blok (born 1964)				10 March 2015 – 20 March 2015 ^{[Ad Interim]}	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Ard van der Steur (born 1969)				20 March 2015 – 27 January 2017 ^[Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Stef Blok (born 1964)				27 January 2017 – 26 October 2017	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Henk Kamp (born 1952)	Minister	Economic Affairs		5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Jeanine Hennis- Plasschaert (born 1973)	Minister	Defence		5 November 2012 – 4 October 2017 ^[Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Dr. Klaas Dijkhoff (born 1981)	Minister	Defence		4 October 2017 – 26 October 2017	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Edith Schippers (born 1964)	Minister	Health, Welfare and Sport		14 October 2010 – 26 October 2017 ^[Retained]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Dr. Jet Bussemaker (born 1961)	Minister	Education, Culture and Science		5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party
		Melanie Schultz van Haegen (born 1970)	Minister	Infrastructure and the Environment		14 October 2010 – 26 October 2017 ^[Retained]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Ministers without portfolio			Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)			Term of office	Party
		Stef Blok (born 1964)	Minister	Interior and Kingdom Relations	• State-owned Businesses • Independent Government Agencies • Rijksvastgoedbedrijf [nl]	5 November 2012 – 27 January 2017 ^[App]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Lilianne Ploumen (born 1962)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	• Trade and Export • Development Cooperation	5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party
State Secretaries			Title/Ministry/Portfolio(s)			Term of office	Party
		Frans Weekers (born 1967)	State Secretary	Finance	• Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget	14 October 2010 – 30 January 2014 ^[Retained] ^[Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Eric Wiebes (born 1963)	State Secretary	Finance	• Fiscal Policy • Tax and Customs • Governmental Budget	4 February 2014 – 26 October 2017	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Fred Teeven (born 1958)	State Secretary ^[Title]	Security and Justice	• Judicial Reform • Youth Justice • Penitentiaries • Debt • Gambling • Minorities	14 October 2010 – 10 March 2015 ^[Retained] ^[Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Dr. Klaas Dijkhoff (born 1981)	State Secretary ^[Title]	Security and Justice		20 March 2015 – 4 October 2017 ^[App]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Dr. Co Verdaas (born 1966)	State Secretary ^[Title]	Economic Affairs	• Animal Welfare • Tourism	5 November 2012 – 6 December 2012 ^[Res]	Labour Party
		Sharon Dijksma (born 1971)				18 December 2012 – 3 November 2015 ^[App]	Labour Party
		Martijn van Dam (born 1978)				3 November 2015 – 1 September 2017 ^[Res]	Labour Party
	Martin van Rijn	Martin van Rijn (born 1956)	State Secretary	Health, Welfare and Sport	• Medical Ethics • Pharmaceutical Policy	5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party
		Jetta Klijnsma (born 1957)	State Secretary	Social Affairs and Employment	• Social Security • Unemployment • Occupational Safety • Social Services • Equality • Emancipation	5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party
		Sander Dekker (born 1975)	State Secretary	Education, Culture and Science	• Science Policy • Media • Culture • Art	5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
		Wilma Mansveld (born 1962)	State Secretary ^[Title]	Infrastructure and the Environment	• Public Transport • Aviation • Rail Transport • Environmental Policy • Weather Forecasting	5 November 2012 – 28 October 2015 ^[Res]	Labour Party
		Sharon Dijksma (born 1971)	State Secretary ^[Title]	Infrastructure and the Environment		3 November 2015 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party

^Resigned

^{Retained from the previous cabinet}

^{Continued in the next cabinet}

^Acting

^{Ad Interim}

^{Designated with the diplomatic rank of Minister}

^{Medical leave of absence from 29 June 2016 until 16 September 2016}

^{Appointed as European Commissioner}

^{Appointed as Minister of Security and Justice}

^{Appointed as Minister of Defence}

^{Appointed as State Secretary for Infrastructure and the Environment}

Changes

On 6 December 2012, just 31 days after taking office,

State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science Sharon Dijksma (PvdA) on 18 December 2012.^[3]

On 17 October 2014

Minister of Foreign Affairs by Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations in Mali and former Minister for Development Cooperation Bert Koenders (PvdA).^[5]

On 10 March 2015

State Secretary for Security and Justice Fred Teeven (VVD) resigned after it was discovered that Fred Teeven when he served as a Prosecutor authorized the return of 4.7 million guilders to convicted drugs dealer Cees H. in 2000 without the knowledge of his superior or the tax office.^[6]

On 4 October 2017

State Secretary for Security and Justice Klaas Dijkhoff (VVD) who served out the remaining three weeks before the installation of the new cabinet.^[8]

References

^ "Dutch queen swears in new centrist government under Prime Minister Mark Rutte". Fox News World. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
^ "Staatssecretaris Co Verdaas stapt op" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
^ "Sharon Dijksma staatssecretaris" (in Dutch). NOS. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
^ "Timmermans voorgedragen als Eurocommissaris" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
^ "Bert Koenders nieuwe minister van Buitenlandse Zaken" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
^ "Tijdlijn opstappen Opstelten en Teeven" (in Dutch). NOS. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
^ "Hennis treedt af om dodelijk ongeval Mali" (in Dutch). NOS. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
^ "Dijkhoff voor even minister van Defensie" (in Dutch). NOS. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

External links

Official

(in Dutch) Kabinet-Rutte II Parlement & Politiek
(in Dutch) Kabinet-Rutte-Asscher Rijksoverheid

[1] "Dutch queen swears in new centrist government under Prime Minister Mark Rutte". Fox News World. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

[2] "Staatssecretaris Co Verdaas stapt op" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[3] "Sharon Dijksma staatssecretaris" (in Dutch). NOS. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[4] "Timmermans voorgedragen als Eurocommissaris" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[5] "Bert Koenders nieuwe minister van Buitenlandse Zaken" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[6] "Tijdlijn opstappen Opstelten en Teeven" (in Dutch). NOS. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[7] "Hennis treedt af om dodelijk ongeval Mali" (in Dutch). NOS. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[8] "Dijkhoff voor even minister van Defensie" (in Dutch). NOS. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

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