The most influential part of the executive of the
Government of the Netherlands
The politics of the Netherlands take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, a constitutional monarchy, and a decentralised unitary state.''Civil service systems in Western Europe'' edited by A. J. G. M. Bekke, ...
are the ministries. There are twelve
ministries of the Netherlands, all with their own minister. There are also several
ministers without portfolio and about as many
State Secretaries.
List
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