Stientje van Veldhoven-van der Meer (born 22 June 1973) is a Dutch politician serving as
Minister for the Environment and Housing in the
Third Rutte cabinet since 2019. A member of the
Democrats 66
Democrats 66 (; abbreviated D66, ) is a Social liberalism, social liberal List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands, which positions itself in the Centrism, centre of the Left–right political spectrum, p ...
(D66) party, she served as
State Secretary for
Infrastructure and Water Management from 2017 to 2019.
Career
A diplomat and civil servant by occupation, Van Veldhoven studied
policy and
management in international organisations at the
University of Groningen. She worked at the
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and for the
European Union in Brussels. She was elected political talent of the year 2012/2013 by the Dutch national radio and television broadcaster,
Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS).
She was elected to the
House of Representatives from 17 June 2010 until her appointment as
State Secretary for
Infrastructure and Water Management. As a parliamentarian, she focused on matters of
climate,
energy,
natural environment,
agriculture,
fishery
Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both ...
,
animal rights and
development aid. In 2019, she was appointed minister without portfolio at the
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
References
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Parlement.com biography
External links
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House of Representatives biography
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1973 births
Living people
Democrats 66 politicians
Dutch civil servants
Dutch women civil servants
Dutch women diplomats
21st-century Dutch diplomats
Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
State Secretaries for Infrastructure of the Netherlands
Women government ministers of the Netherlands
Politicians from Utrecht (city)
University of Groningen alumni
21st-century Dutch politicians
21st-century Dutch women politicians