The Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (

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: ''Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat''; V&W) was a Dutch ministry responsible for

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, public and private transport and infrastructure. It is now part of the

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Responsibilities

The motto of the ministry was: "familiar with water, progressive with connections". The ministry had two main responsibilities: * Regulation and management of transport of people and goods via roads, trains, boats and airplanes * Water management by water works, such as

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s, polders and channels

Organisation

The ministry was headed by one minister and one state secretary. The ministry's main office was located in the centre of

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. The civil service was headed by a secretary general and a deputy secretary general, who headed a system of four directorates general: * Passenger transport * Freight transport of goods and civil aviation * Water Affairs * Public Works and Water Management (''Rijkswaterstaat'') There were two autonomous agencies: * Inspectorate for Transport, Public Works and Water Management *

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An important other institution involved in water management in the Netherlands are the

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, which manage local and regional water works. These are independent institutions chosen by land owners and citizens. The ministry owned shares in: *

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BV (Prorail) (100%) *

Groningen Airport Eelde Groningen Airport Eelde is a minor international airport in the northeastern Netherlands. It is located near Eelde in the Province of Drenthe, south of the city of Groningen in the province of Groningen. In 2015, the airport handled 220,710 ...

NV (majority interest) *NV Luchtvaartterrein Texel (majority interest) *NV

Western Scheldt Tunnel Western Scheldt Tunnel ( nl, Westerscheldetunnel, Westerscheldetunnel) is a tunnel in the Netherlands that carries highway N62 under the Western Scheldt estuary between Ellewoutsdijk and Terneuzen. It is the longest tunnel for highway traffic in ...

(95,4%) *Nederlandse Omroep-zendermaatschappij ( Nozema) NV (59%) *NV Luchthaven Maastricht (minority interest)

History

The Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management is one of the oldest in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1809 as the Ministry of Water Management, which existed in several different forms until 1831, when it was integrated into the

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. In 1877, Water Management, Trade and Industry became a separate ministry again. In 1906 Water Management became a separate ministry. After the World War II, Transport was added to the responsibilities of the ministry.

Ministers

Since 1967 the following politicians have been minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management: * Joop Bakker (1967–1971) *

Willem Drees Jr. Willem "Wim" Drees Jr. (24 December 1922 – 5 September 1998) was a Dutch politician of the Democratic Socialists '70 (DS'70) party and economist. Drees worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Minist ...

(1971–1972) * Berend Jan Udink (1972–1973) *

Tjerk Westerterp Theodorus Engelbertus "Tjerk" Westerterp (born 2 December 1930) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. Westerterp atten ...

(1973–1977) * Danny Tuijnman (1977–1981) * Henk Zeevalking (1981–1982) * Neelie Kroes (1982–1989) * Hanja Maij-Weggen (1989–1994) * Koos Andriessen (1994) *

Annemarie Jorritsma Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink (born 1 June 1950) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businesswoman. She is the Parliamentary leader in the Senate since 24 November 2015 and a Member of the Senate since 9 ...

(1994–1998) *

Tineke Netelenbos Tine "Tineke" Netelenbos-Koomen (born 15 February 1944) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and businesswoman. Netelenbos attended a Lyceum in Amsterdam from May 1960 until June 1966. Netelenbos worked as a civics teacher ...

(1998–2002) * Roelf de Boer (2002–2003) *

Karla Peijs Karla Maria Henriëtte Peijs (born 1 September 1944) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal ( nl, Christen-Democratisch Appèl, ; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the ...

(2002–2007) * Camiel Eurlings (2007–2010)

External links

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