Lilianne Ploumen

Her Excellency Lilianne Ploumen


Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 November 2012
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Henk Bleker
Chairman of the Labour Party
In office 6 October 2007 – 22 January 2012
Preceded by	Michiel van Hulten
Succeeded by	Hans Spekman
Personal details
Born	(1962-07-12) 12 July 1962 Maastricht, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party
Alma mater	Erasmus University

Elisabeth Maria Josepha (Lilianne) Ploumen (born 12 July 1962) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). She has been Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation in the second Rutte cabinet since 5 November 2012. She was also the chairwoman of the Labour Party from 6 October 2007 until 22 January 2012, when she resigned and was succeeded by Hans Spekman.^[1]

Ploumen studied social history at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

In the evening of her appointment as a minister she went to Turkey for her first trade mission.

References

(Dutch) Parlement.com biography

↑ (Dutch) Lilianne Ploumen nieuwe PvdA-voorzitter, NRC Handelsblad, September 24, 2007

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Ministers for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands

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Second Rutte cabinet (2012–present)

Preceded by: First Rutte cabinet ·

Prime Minister	Mark Rutte General Affairs

Deputy Prime Minister	Lodewijk Asscher Social Affairs and Employment

Ministers	Ronald Plasterk Interior and Kingdom Relations Frans Timmermans Foreign Affairs) (2012–2014 Bert Koenders Foreign Affairs) (from 2014 Jeroen Dijsselbloem Finance Ivo Opstelten Security and Justice) (2012–2015 Stef Blok Security and Justice) (Ad interim Ard van der Steur Security and Justice) (from 2015 Henk Kamp Economic Affairs Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert Defence Edith Schippers Health, Welfare and Sport Jet Bussemaker Education, Culture and Science Melanie Schultz van Haegen Infrastructure and the Environment

Minister without portfolio	Stef Blok Housing and the Central Government Sector Lilianne Ploumen Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation

State Secretaries	Frans Weekers Finance) (2012–2014 Eric Wiebes Finance) (from 2014 Fred Teeven Security and Justice) (2012–2015 Klaas Dijkhoff Security and Justice) (from 2015 Co Verdaas Economic Affairs) (2012 Sharon Dijksma Economic Affairs) (2012–2015 Martijn van Dam Economic Affairs) (from 2015 Martin van Rijn Health, Welfare and Sport Sander Dekker Education, Culture and Science Wilma Mansveld Infrastructure and the Environment) (2012–2015 Sharon Dijksma Infrastructure and the Environment) (from 2015 Jetta Klijnsma Social Affairs and Employment

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