Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (Netherlands)

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The Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat; V&W) was a Dutch ministry responsible for the Dutch system of water management, public and private transport and infrastructure. As of 2010, it is now part of the new Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment.

Responsibilities

The motto of the ministry was: "familiar with water, progressive with connections". The ministry has two main responsibilities:

Regulation and management of transport of people and goods via roads, trains, boats and airplanes
Water management by water works, such as dikes, polders and channels

Organisation

The ministry was headed by one minister and one state secretary. The ministry's main office was located in the centre of The Hague. The civil service was headed by a secretary general and a deputy secretary general, who headed a system of four directorates general:

Passenger transport
Freight transport of goods and civil aviation
Water Affairs
Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat)

There were two autonomous agencies:

Inspectorate for Transport, Public Works and Water Management
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

An important other institution was involved in water management in the Netherlands are the Water boards, which manage local and regional water works.

The ministry owned shares in:

Railinfratrust BV (Prorail) (100%)
Groningen Airport Eelde NV (majority interest)
NV Luchtvaartterrein Texel (majority interest)
NV Westerscheldetunnel (95,4%)
Nederlandse Omroep-zendermaatschappij (Nozema) NV (59%)
NV Luchthaven Maastricht (minority interest)

History

The Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management is one of the oldest in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1809 as the Ministry of Water Management, which existed in several different forms until 1831, when it was integrated into the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. In 1877, Water Management, Trade and Industry became a separate ministry again. In 1906 Water Management became a separate ministry. After the Second World War, Transport was added to the responsibilities of the ministry.

Ministers

Since 1967 the following politicians have been minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management:

Joop Bakker (1967–1971)
Willem Drees Jr. (1971–1972)
Berend Jan Udink (1972–1973)
Tjerk Westerterp (1973–1977)
Danny Tuijnman (1977–1981)
Henk Zeevalking (1981–1982)
Neelie Kroes (1982–1989)
Hanja Maij-Weggen (1989–1994)
Koos Andriessen (1994)
Annemarie Jorritsma (1994–1998)
Tineke Netelenbos (1998–2002)
Roelf de Boer (2002–2003)
Karla Peijs (2002–2007)
Camiel Eurlings (2007–2010)

References

External links

Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management

Government of the Netherlands

Structure and process

Structure

Government	Monarch and the Ministers, including Ministers without Portfolio

Council of Ministers	Ministers, including Ministers without Portfolio, chaired by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands and one or more Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Cabinet (list)	Ministers, including Ministers without Portfolio and State Secretaries

Process

Demissionary cabinet
Dutch cabinet formation
- 2003
- 2006/2007
- 2010
- 2012

Current ministries

General Affairs Interior and Kingdom Relations Foreign Affairs Finance Security and Justice Economic Affairs Defence Health, Welfare and Sport Education, Culture and Science Infrastructure and the Environment 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
Rutte I
Rutte II

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