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Ministers without portfolio A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet ...

( nl, Ministers zonder portefeuille) are

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

ministers that does not head a specific ministry, but assumes the same power and responsibilities as a minister that does. The minister is responsible for a specific part of another minister's policy field. In that sense, a minister without portfolio is comparable to a State Secretary ''(staatssecretaris)'' a junior minister in Dutch politics, who also falls under another ministry and is responsible for a specific part of that minister's policy field. However, one distinct difference is that a minister without portfolio is a member of the

Council of Ministers A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/ shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or ...

and can vote in it, whereas a state secretary is not. The minister for development cooperation has always been a minister without portfolio.

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the Second Gerbrandy cabinet

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
Third Gerbrandy cabinet The Third Gerbrandy cabinet, also called the Fourth London cabinet, was the Dutch government-in-exile from 23 February 1945 until 25 June 1945. The cabinet was formed by the List of political parties in the Netherlands, political parties Roman Ca ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
Schermerhorn–Drees cabinet The Schermerhorn–Drees cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 25 June 1945 until 3 July 1946. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP), the social-democratic Social Democratic ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
First Beel cabinet The First Beel cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 3 July 1946 until 7 August 1948. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA) after ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the Drees–Van Schaik cabinet

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
First Drees cabinet First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
Second Drees cabinet The Second Drees cabinet, also called the Third Drees cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 2 September 1952 until 13 October 1956. The cabinet was formed by the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA) and the christian-d ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the De Quay cabinet

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the Marijnen cabinet

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
Cals cabinet The Cals cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 14 April 1965 until 22 November 1966. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP) and Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the social-dem ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
Zijlstra cabinet The Zijlstra cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 22 November 1966 until 5 April 1967. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) after the fal ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
De Jong cabinet The De Jong cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 5 April 1967 until 6 July 1971. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Christian Historical ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
First Biesheuvel cabinet The First Biesheuvel cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 6 July 1971 until 9 August 1972. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Christian H ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
Second Biesheuvel cabinet The Second Biesheuvel cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 9 August 1972 until 11 May 1973. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP), Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and Christian H ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
Den Uyl cabinet The Den Uyl cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 11 May 1973 until 19 December 1977. The cabinet was formed by the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA), the christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP) and Anti- ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
First Van Agt cabinet The First Van Agt cabinet, also called the Van Agt–Wiegel cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 19 December 1977 until 11 September 1981. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (C ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
Second Van Agt cabinet The Second Van Agt cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 11 September 1981 until 29 May 1982. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the social-democratic Labour Party (Pvd ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
Third Van Agt cabinet The Third Van Agt cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 29 May 1982 until 4 November 1982. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the social-liberal Democrats 66 (D'66) a ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
First Lubbers cabinet The First Lubbers cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 4 November 1982 until 14 July 1986. The cabinet was formed by the christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the conservative-liberal People's Party ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the Second Lubbers cabinet

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the Third Lubbers cabinet

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
First Kok cabinet First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
Second Kok cabinet The second Kok cabinet, also called the second Purple cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch government from 3 August 1998 until 22 July 2002. The cabinet was a continuation of the previous first Kok cabinet and was formed by the social ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
First Balkenende cabinet The first Balkenende cabinet was the executive branch of the Netherlands government from 22 July 2002 until 27 May 2003. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the nationalistic Pim Fortuyn List ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the Second Balkenende cabinet

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the Third Balkenende cabinet

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
Fourth Balkenende cabinet The fourth Balkenende cabinet was the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands from 22 February 2007 until 14 October 2010. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and Christian Unio ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
First Rutte cabinet The first Rutte cabinet, also called the Rutte–Verhagen cabinet was the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands from 14 October 2010 until 5 November 2012. The cabinet was formed by the conservative-liberal People's Party for Fr ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
Second Rutte cabinet The second Rutte cabinet, also called the Rutte–Asscher cabinet, was the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands from 5 November 2012 until 26 October 2017. The cabinet was formed by the conservative-liberal People's Party for ...

List of Ministers without Portfolio in the
Third Rutte cabinet The third Rutte cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 26 October 2017 until 10 January 2022 (since 15 January 2021 demissionary). It was formed by a coalition government of the political parties People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ...

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