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The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties; BZK) is the Dutch ministry of home affairs. The current minister is Piet Hein Donner. He is aided by a state secretary.
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Responsibilities
The Ministry is called the "Mother of all Ministries" because most ministries, like the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Education, Culture and Science split from the ministry at one time or another or the "residual ministry", because it is left with a diverse set of responsibilities after this process.[1] It has the legal mission to:
- uphold the Constitution of the Netherlands;
- guarantee the democratic rule of law;
- ensure an effective and efficient public administration, including lower governments, the municipalities, provinces and water boards;
- promote public order and safety and provide centralised management of the country's police forces;
- promote the quality of the civil service and coordinate management and personnel policy for all civil servants;
- coordinate cooperation within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, namely with Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles.
Because it shares so many responsibilities and the same building with the Ministry of Justice, they are sometimes called the twin ministries.
Organization
The main office in the centre of The Hague
The ministry is currently headed by one minister and one state secretary. It employees almost 3,000 civil servants. The ministry's main office is located in the centre of The Hague in the same building as the ministry of Justice. The civil service is headed by a secretary general and a vice-secretary general, who head a system of four directorates general:
- The Directorate General for Public Administration
- The Directorate General for Public Order and Safety
- The Directorate General for Management and Personnel Policy
- The Directorate General for Constitutional Affairs and Kingdom Relations.
An important autonomous agency of the ministry is the Dutch Secret Service.
History
The ministry was founded in 1798 as the department for internal policy and supervision on the state of water works in Batavian Republic. Since 1801 it has been named Ministry of the Interior, and some other responsibilities have been added to its name: Agriculture (1922-1932) and Kingdom Relations (1998-date). Between 1959 and 1998 a minister was given the portfolio of relations with Surinam, the Dutch Antilles and Aruba in addition to his other portfolios before that, there was a minister of Colonial Affairs, which was called Overseas Affairs after 1945.
Ministers
Name Office Party Prime Minister Note(s) Office Louis Beel 1945-1946 KVP Wim Schermerhorn Petrus Johannes Witteman 1946-1948 KVP Louis Beel Johannes Henricus van Maarseveen 1949 KVP Willem Drees Frans Teulings 1949-1951 KVP Willem Drees Johannes Henricus van Maarseveen 1951 KVP Willem Drees Louis Beel 1951-1956 KVP Willem Drees Teun Struycken 1956-1958 KVP Willem Drees Teun Struycken 1958-1959 KVP Louis Beel Edzo Toxopeus 1959-1963 VVD Jan de Quay Edzo Toxopeus 1963-1965 VVD Victor Marijnen Jan Smallenbroek 1965-1966 ARP Jo Cals Pieter Verdam 1966 ARP Jo Cals Pieter Verdam 1966-1967 ARP Jelle Zijlstra Henk Beernink 1967-1971 CHU Piet de Jong Molly Geertsema 1971-1973 VVD Barend Biesheuvel Wilhelm de Gaay Fortman 1973-1977 PvdA Joop den Uyl Hans Wiegel 1977-1981 VVD Dries van Agt Deputy Prime Minister 1977-1981 Ed van Thijn 1981-1982 PvdA Dries van Agt Max Rood 1982 D66 Dries van Agt Koos Rietkerk 1982-1986 VVD Ruud Lubbers Frits Korthals Altes 1986 VVD Ruud Lubbers Rudolf de Korte 1986 VVD Ruud Lubbers Kees van Dijk 1986-1989 CDA Ruud Lubbers Ien Dales 1989-1994 PvdA Ruud Lubbers Died in Office Ernst Hirsch Ballin 1994 CDA Ruud Lubbers Ed van Thijn 1994 PvdA Ruud Lubbers Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta 1994 CDA Ruud Lubbers Hans Dijkstal 1994-1998 VVD Wim Kok Deputy Prime Minister 1994-1998 Bram Peper 1998-2000 PvdA Wim Kok Roger van Boxtel 2000 D66 Wim Kok Klaas de Vries 2000-2002 PvdA Wim Kok Johan Remkes 2002-2007 VVD Jan Peter Balkenende Deputy Prime Minister 2002-2003 Guusje ter Horst 2007-2010 PvdA Jan Peter Balkenende Ernst Hirsch Ballin 2010 CDA Jan Peter Balkenende Piet Hein Donner 2010- CDA Mark Rutte Ministers without Portfolio
- 2010-now Gerd Leers (CDA; minister without portfolio for immigration and asylum)
- 2006-2007 Atzo Nicolai (VVD; minister without portfolio for government reform and kingdom relations)
- 2005-2006 Alexander Pechtold (D66; minister without portfolio for government reform and kingdom relations)
- 2003-2005 Thom de Graaf (D66; minister without portfolio for government reform and kingdom relations)
- 1998-2002 Roger van Boxtel (D66; minister without portfolio for large cities and integration)
References
- ^ Neelen et al. (2003) De bestuurlijk kaart van Nederland p.63
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Structure and process StructureGovernmentMinisters, including Ministers without Portfolio, chaired by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands and one or more Deputy Prime Minister of the NetherlandsMinisters, including Ministers without Portfolio and State SecretariesProcessCurrent ministries General Affairs • Interior and Kingdom Relations • Foreign Affairs • Finance • Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation • Security and Justice • Defence • Education, Culture and Science • Infrastructure and the Environment • Health, Welfare and Sport • Social Affairs and Employment •Cabinets Schimmelpenninck • De Kempenaer-Donker Curtius • Thorbecke I • Van Hall-Donker Curtius • Van der Brugghen • Rochussen • Van Hall-Van Heemstra • Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-Van Heemstra •Thorbecke II • Fransen van de Putte •Van Zuylen van Nijevelt • Van Bosse-Fock • Thorbecke III • De Vries-Fransen van de Putte • Heemskerk-Van Lynden van Sandenburg • Kappeyne van de Coppello • Van Lynden van Sandenburg • Heemskerk Azn. • Mackay • Van Tienhoven • Röell • Pierson • Kuyper • De Meester • Heemskerk • Cort van der Linden • Ruijs de Beerenbrouck I • Ruijs de Beerenbrouck II • Colijn I • De Geer I • Ruijs de Beerenbrouck III • Colijn II • Colijn III • Colijn IV • Colijn V • De Geer II • Gerbrandy I • Gerbrandy II • Gerbrandy III • Schermerhorn-Drees • Beel I • Drees-Van Schaik • Drees I • Drees II • Drees III • Beel II • De Quay • Marijnen • Cals • Zijlstra • De Jong • Biesheuvel I • Biesheuvel II • Den Uyl • Van Agt I • Van Agt II • Van Agt III • Lubbers I • Lubbers II • Lubbers III • Kok I • Kok II • Balkenende I • Balkenende II • Balkenende III • Balkenende IV • RutteCategories:- Dutch ministries
- Internal affairs ministries
- Civil service ministries
- Integration ministries
- Ministries established in 1798
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