page_title: Jeroen Dijsselbloem
section_title: Minister of Finance (2012–2017)
hierarchical_section_title: Jeroen Dijsselbloem / Political career / Minister of Finance (2012–2017)
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Minister Dijsselbloem biedt het koffertje met de miljoenennota aan aan de Tweede Kamer op Prinsjesdag 2014.
context_page_description: Jeroen René Victor Anton Dijsselbloem is a Dutch politician and economist serving as Chairman of the Dutch Safety Board since 1 May 2019. A member of the Labour Party, he has also been Chairman of the supervisory board of Wageningen University since 1 April 2019.
  Dijsselbloem was Minister of Finance in the Second Rutte cabinet, serving from 5 November 2012 to 26 October 2017. He also served as President of the Eurogroup from 21 January 2013 to 12 January 2018 and President of the Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism from 11 February 2013 until 12 January 2018.
context_section_description: On 15 November 2012, Dijsselbloem was appointed by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands to serve as Minister of Finance in the Second Rutte cabinet. From the start, Dijsselbloem emphasised his commitment to fiscal discipline.
  On 1 February 2013, he nationalized the financial institution SNS Reaal, preventing its bankruptcy. Shareholders and owners of subordinated debt are expropriated with no compensation and others banks of the country have to contribute to the takeover up to one billion euros. By December 2013, Dutch press named Dijsselbloem politician of the year, describing him as "intelligent, balanced and good at finding compromises". In a response, he said that he was surprised about winning the prize because he "does not work on the forefront".
  In the Netherlands, he was later named as a possible European Commissioner following the 2014 European elections; the post instead went to Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans.
  He was succeeded as Minister of Finance by Wopke Hoekstra (Christian Democratic Appeal) on 26 October 2017. He resigned from the House of Representatives the day before, while having been reelected during the 2017 Dutch general election in March; William Moorlag entered the States General to fill the vacancy.
caption: Jeroen Dijsselbloem on Prinsjesdag in 2014
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