List of Ministers of Social Affairs of the Netherlands
List of State Secretaries for Social Affairs
ᴿᵉˢ Resigned. ᴬᵖᵖᵗ Appointment: Mark Rutte appointed State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science; Ahmed Aboutaleb appointed Mayor of Rotterdam.

List of Ministers of Social Affairs of the Netherlands

Section Title: List of State Secretaries for Social Affairs
Table Section Text: ᴿᵉˢ Resigned. ᴬᵖᵖᵗ Appointment: Mark Rutte appointed State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science; Ahmed Aboutaleb appointed Mayor of Rotterdam.

State Secretary for Social Affairs	Portfolio	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Aat van Rhijn	Dr. Aat van Rhijn (1892–1986)	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Social Services Poverty Policy	15 February 1950 – 15 September 1951	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees–Van Schaik • Drees I)

Piet Muntendam	Dr. Piet Muntendam (1901–1986)	Elderly Policy Disability Affairs Veteran Affairs Minority Affairs Medical Ethics Policy	1 April 1950 – 15 September 1951	Labour Party

State Secretary for Social Affairs and Health	Portfolio	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Aat van Rhijn	Dr. Aat van Rhijn (1892–1986)	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Social Services Poverty Policy	15 September 1951 – 22 December 1958	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees I • II)

Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Social Services Poverty Policy Elderly Policy Disability Affairs Veteran Affairs Minority Affairs Medical Ethics Policy	Willem Drees (Drees III)

Piet Muntendam	Dr. Piet Muntendam (1901–1986)	Elderly Policy Disability Affairs Veteran Affairs Minority Affairs Medical Ethics Policy	15 September 1951 – 2 September 1952	Labour Party	Willem Drees (Drees I)

Youth Policy Elderly Policy Disability Affairs Veteran Affairs Minority Affairs Medical Ethics Policy	2 September 1952 – 1 October 1953	Willem Drees (Drees II)

Vacant

Bauke Roolvink	Bauke Roolvink (1912–1979)	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Social Services Poverty Policy Elderly Policy Disability Affairs Veteran Affairs	15 June 1959 – 24 July 1963	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Jan de Quay (De Quay)

José de Meijer	Dr. José de Meijer (1915–2000)	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Social Services Poverty Policy Public Sector Organisations	15 November 1963 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party	Victor Marijnen (Marijnen)

Jo Cals (Cals)

Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra)

Louis Bartels	Dr. Louis Bartels (1915–2002)	Elderly Policy Disability Affairs Veteran Affairs Medical Ethics Policy	3 September 1963 – 5 April 1967	Catholic People's Party	Victor Marijnen (Marijnen)

Jo Cals (Cals)

Jelle Zijlstra (Zijlstra)

Roelof Kruisinga	Dr. Roelof Kruisinga (1922–2012)	Social Security Occupational Safety Elderly Policy Disability Affairs Veteran Affairs Medical Ethics Policy	18 April 1967 – 6 July 1971	Christian Historical Union	Piet de Jong (De Jong)

State Secretary for Social Affairs	Portfolio	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Koos Rietkerk	Koos Rietkerk (1927–1986)	Social Security Occupational Safety	28 July 1971 – 9 August 1972	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel I)

Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety	9 August 1972 – 23 April 1973	Barend Biesheuvel (Biesheuvel II)

Jan Mertens	Jan Mertens (1916–2000)	Social Security Occupational Safety	11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977	Catholic People's Party	Joop den Uyl (Den Uyl)

Louw de Graaf	Louw de Graaf (born 1930)	Social Security Occupational Safety	28 December 1977 – 11 September 1981	Anti-Revolutionary Party	Dries van Agt (Van Agt I)

Christian Democratic Appeal

State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment	Portfolio	Term of office	Party	Prime Minister (Cabinet)

Ien Dales	Ien Dales (1931–1994)	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Elderly Policy Disability Affairs	11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982	Labour Party	Dries van Agt (Van Agt II)

Hedy d'Ancona	Hedy d'Ancona (born 1937)	Occupational Safety Youth Policy Poverty Policy Adult Education Equality Emancipation	11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982	Labour Party

Piet van Zeil	Piet van Zeil (also State Secretary for Economic Affairs) (1927–2012)	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Social Services Youth Policy Elderly Policy Poverty Policy Disability Affairs Equality Emancipation	12 June 1982 – 4 November 1982	Christian Democratic Appeal	Dries van Agt (Van Agt III)

Louw de Graaf	Louw de Graaf (born 1930)	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Poverty Policy	5 November 1982 – 14 July 1986	Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I)

Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Youth Policy Elderly Policy Poverty Policy Disability Affairs Equality Emancipation	14 July 1986 – 3 February 1987	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers II)

6 May 1987 – 1 October 1989

Hans Hoogervorst	Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello (1936–1990)	Occupational Safety Disability Affairs Equality Emancipation	8 November 1982 – 14 July 1986	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers I)

Elske ter Veld	Elske ter Veld (1944–2017)	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Social Services Poverty Policy Equality Emancipation	7 November 1989 – 4 June 1993	Labour Party	Ruud Lubbers (Lubbers III)

Jacques Wallage	Jacques Wallage (born 1946)	9 June 1993 – 22 August 1994	Labour Party

Robin Linschoten	Robin Linschoten (born 1956)	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Social Services Poverty Policy	22 August 1994 – 28 June 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok (Kok I)

Frank de Grave	Frank de Grave (born 1955)	2 July 1996 – 3 August 1998	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Hans Hoogervorst	Hans Hoogervorst (born 1956)	Social Security Occupational Safety Social Services	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Wim Kok (Kok II)

-	Annelies Verstand (born 1949)	Occupational Safety Poverty Policy Equality Emancipation	3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002	Democrats 66

Mark Rutte	Mark Rutte (born 1967)	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Social Services Poverty Policy	22 July 2002 – 17 June 2004	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I)

Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende II)

Henk van Hoof	Henk van Hoof (born 1947)	17 June 2004 – 22 February 2007	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende III)

-	Philomena Bijlhout (born 1957)	Family Policy Equality Emancipation	22 July 2002 – 24 July 2002	Pim Fortuyn List	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende I)

-	Khee Liang Phoa (born 1955)	9 September 2002 – 27 May 2003	Pim Fortuyn List

Ahmed Aboutaleb	Ahmed Aboutaleb (born 1961)	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Social Services Poverty Policy	22 February 2007 – 18 December 2008	Labour Party	Jan Peter Balkenende (Balkenende IV)

Jetta Klijnsma	Jetta Klijnsma (born 1957)	18 December 2008 – 23 February 2010	Labour Party

Paul de Krom	Paul de Krom (born 1963)	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Social Services Poverty Policy Equality Emancipation	14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte (Rutte I)

Jetta Klijnsma	Jetta Klijnsma (born 1957)	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Social Services Poverty Policy Equality Emancipation	5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017	Labour Party	Mark Rutte (Rutte II)

Tamara van Ark	Tamara van Ark (born 1974)	Social Security Unemployment Affairs Occupational Safety Youth Policy Poverty Policy Equality Emancipation	26 October 2017 – Incumbent	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Mark Rutte (Rutte III)

Source: (in Dutch) Kabinetten 1945-heden Parlement & Politiek

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Tamara van Ark is the state secretary for Social Affairs in the cabinet of Rutte III, beginning on 26 October 2017.

final_sentence: Tamara van Ark is the state secretary for Social Affairs in the cabinet of Rutte III, beginning on 26 October 2017.