# Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Aid (Netherlands)

The Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Aid (Dutch: Minister voor Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingshulp) is a minister without portfolio in the Netherlands. The officeholder, who is a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers, is assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The minister is tasked with trade and export, development aid and international environmental policies.
Until 2012, the title was Minister for Development Cooperation (Dutch: minister voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking). Foreign trade and export promotion were handled by another appointee, a state secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Internationally, the state secretary was allowed to use the title of minister on official business. In 2010 both posts were merged, first as a state secretary; two years later a ministership was reinstated.
According to the OECD, the Netherlands’ total ODA (USD 6.5 billion, preliminary data) increased in 2022 due to an increase in in-donor refugee costs, support to Ukraine and higher contributions to European Union (EU) institutions. It represented 0.67% of gross national income (GNI).

## List of ministers and state secretaries
### State Secretaries of Foreign Affairs (1959–1965)

| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Party | Cabinet |
| | Dr. Hans van Houten (1907–1996) | • European Union • NATO • Benelux • Development Cooperation • International Organizations | 24 August 1959 – 24 July 1963 | | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | De Quay |
| | Dr. Isaäc Nicolaas Diepenhorst (1907–1976) | • United Nations • Development Cooperation • International Organizations | 28 September 1963 – 14 April 1965 | | Christian Historical Union | Marijnen |

### Ministers for Aid to Developing Countries (1965–1971)

| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | Party | Cabinet |
| | Theo Bot (1911–1984) | 14 April 1965 – 5 April 1967 | | Catholic People's Party | Cals Zijlstra |
| | Bé Udink (1926–2016) | 5 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 | | Christian Historical Union | De Jong |

### Ministers for Development Cooperation (1971–2002)

| Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | Cabinet |
| Dr. Kees Boertien (1927–2002) | 6 July 1971 – 11 May 1973 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Biesheuvel I, II |
| Jan Pronk (born 1940) | 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 | Labour Party | Den Uyl |
| Jan de Koning (1926–1994) | 19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 | Anti-Revolutionary Party | Van Agt I |
| Jan de Koning (1926–1994) | 19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Van Agt I |
| Kees van Dijk (1931–2008) | 11 September 1981 – 4 November 1982 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Van Agt II, III |
| Eegje Schoo (born 1944) | 4 November 1982 – 14 July 1986 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Lubbers I |
| Piet Bukman (1934–2022) | 14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Lubbers II |
| Jan Pronk (born 1940) | 7 November 1989 – 3 August 1998 | Labour Party | Lubbers III Kok I |
| Eveline Herfkens (born 1952) | 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002 | Labour Party | Kok II |

### State Secretaries of Foreign Affairs (2002–2003)

| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Party | Cabinet |
| | Agnes van Ardenne (born 1950) | • Development Cooperation | 22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 | | Christian Democratic Appeal | Balkenende I |
    $^{DesignatedwiththediplomaticrankofMinister}$

### Ministers for Development Cooperation (2003–2010)

| Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | Cabinet |
| Agnes van Ardenne (born 1950) | 27 May 2003 – 22 February 2007 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Balkenende II, III |
| Bert Koenders (born 1958) | 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 | Labour Party | Balkenende IV |
| Maxime Verhagen (born 1956) | 23 February 2010 – 14 October 2010 | Christian Democratic Appeal | Balkenende IV |
    $^{Resigned}$
    $^{MinisterofForeignAffairs}$

### State Secretaries of Foreign Affairs (2010–2012)

| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Portfolio(s) | Term of office | Party | Party | Cabinet |
| | Dr. Ben Knapen (born 1951) | • European Union • Benelux • Development Cooperation | 14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012 | | Christian Democratic Appeal | Rutte I |
    $^{DesignatedwiththediplomaticrankofMinister}$

### Ministers for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (2012–2024)

| Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | Cabinet |
| Lilianne Ploumen (born 1962) | 5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017 | Labour Party | Rutte II |
| Sigrid Kaag (born 1961) | 26 October 2017 – 10 August 2021 | Democrats 66 | Rutte III |
| Tom de Bruijn (born 1948) | 10 August 2021 – 10 January 2022 | Democrats 66 | Rutte III |
| Liesje Schreinemacher (born 1983) | 10 January 2022 – 4 December 2023 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Rutte IV |
| Geoffrey van Leeuwen (born 1983) | 4 December 2023 – 15 April 2024 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Rutte IV |
| Liesje Schreinemacher (born 1983) | 15 April 2024 – 2 July 2024 | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Rutte IV |
    $^{ActingMinisterofForeignAffairsfrom13February2018until7March2018andfrom25May2021until10August2021}$
    $^{AppointedMinisterofForeignAffairs}$
    $^{Acting}$

### Ministers for Foreign Trade and Development Aid (since 2024)

| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | Party | Cabinet |
| | Reinette Klever (born 1967) | 2 July 2024 – Incumbent | | Party for Freedom | Schoof |