Hanke Gerdina Johannette Bruins Slot (born 20 October 1977) is a Dutch politician, jurist and army officer who has served as
Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
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since 10 January 2022 in the
Fourth Rutte cabinet
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. A member of the
Christian Democratic Appeal
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(CDA), she previously served in the
House of Representatives
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from 2010 to 2019. Bruins Slot focused her work as a parliamentarian on matters of
defence personnel,
local government
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,
healthcare science
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,
medical law
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,
psychiatry
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and
sport
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s.
From 2019 to 2022, she was a member of the
provincial executive of
Utrecht
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, in which she is in charge of nature, agriculture, soil and water, sport and governance.
Gedeputeerde Hanke Bruins Slot (CDA)
, provincie-utrecht.nl . Prior to her political career, she served in the Royal Netherlands Army; she was deployed to Uruzgan Province
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, Afghanistan
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. In 2010, she was conferred the rank of artillery captain.
References
External links
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House of Representatives biography
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Parlement.com biography
1977 births
Living people
Christian Democratic Appeal politicians
Dutch female field hockey players
Dutch women jurists
Dutch female military personnel
Dutch military personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
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