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The Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation provide political leadership to the Ministry. The ministry consists of four directorates-general, which deal with a particular policy area: [4] The Directorate-General for Political Affairs is concerned with peace, security and human rights.
as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Dutch: Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken) BZ: Foreign relations • Foreign policy • International development • International trade • European Union • NATO • Benelux • Diaspora • Diplomatic Service • Center for the Promotion of Imports: Caspar ...
The minister of foreign affairs (Dutch: Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Caspar Veldkamp of the New Social Contract (NSC) party, who has been in office since 2 July 2024. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to ...
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).
The Center for the Promotion of Imports (Dutch: Centrum tot Bevordering van de Import uit ontwikkelingslanden) from developing countries (internationally known by its Dutch acronym CBI), an agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, was established in 1971.
Countries with Dutch diplomatic missions. This is a list of diplomatic missions of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, excluding honorary consulates. Ambassador of the Netherlands are officially known as His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, with their Diplomatic Mission called His Majesty's Embassy accordingly.
The foreign policy of the Netherlands is based on four basic commitments: to the Atlantic cooperation, to European integration, to international development and to international law. While historically the Kingdom of the Netherlands was a neutral state, since 1945 it has become a member of NATO , the United Nations , the European Union and many ...
After the resignation of Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra on 13 February 2018, she was appointed ad interim to succeed him while conserving her other cabinet position. Kaag was consequently the first female Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. She was replaced by Stef Blok as foreign minister on 7 March 2018.