Second Rutte cabinet

Second Rutte cabinet Rutte-Asscher cabinet
69th Cabinet of the Netherlands
The Second Rutte cabinet on 5 November 2012
Date formed	5 November 2012 (2012-11-05)
People and organisations
Head of government	Mark Rutte
Deputy head of government	Lodewijk Asscher
Head of state	Beatrix of the Netherlands (2012–2013) Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (from 2013)
Ministers removed (Death/resignation/dismissal)	2
Total number of ministers	13
Member party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) Labour Party (PvdA)
Status in legislature	Grand coalition (Purple)
History
Election(s)	Dutch general election, 2012
Legislature term(s)	2012–present
Incoming formation	2012 Dutch cabinet formation
Predecessor	First Rutte cabinet

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The Second Rutte cabinet, also called the Rutte-Asscher cabinet is the executive branch of the Dutch government since 5 November 2012. The cabinet is formed by the political parties People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and Labour Party (PvdA) after the Dutch general election of 2012. The cabinet is a grand coalition cabinet in the House of Representatives.

Ministers		Title/Portfolio		Term of office	Party
	Mark Rutte (born 1967)	Prime Minister	General Affairs	14 October 2010 – Incumbent	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Lodewijk Asscher (born 1974)	Deputy Prime Minister / Minister	Social Affairs and Employment	5 November 2012 – Incumbent	Labour Party
	Ronald Plasterk (born 1957)	Minister	Interior and Kingdom Relations	5 November 2012 – Incumbent	Labour Party
	Frans Timmermans (born 1961)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	5 November 2012 – 17 October 2014 ^[Appt]	Labour Party
	Bert Koenders (born 1958)	Minister	Foreign Affairs	17 October 2014 – Incumbent	Labour Party
	Jeroen Dijsselbloem (born 1966)	Minister	Finance	5 November 2012 – Incumbent	Labour Party
	Ivo Opstelten (born 1944)	Minister	Security and Justice	14 October 2010 – 10 March 2015 ^[Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Stef Blok (born 1964)			10 March 2015 – 20 March 2015 ^{[Ad interim]}
	Ard van der Steur (born 1969)			20 March 2015 – Incumbent
	Henk Kamp (born 1952)	Minister	Economic Affairs	5 November 2012 – Incumbent	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (born 1973)	Minister	Defence	5 November 2012 – Incumbent	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Edith Schippers (born 1964)	Minister	Health, Welfare and Sport	14 October 2010 – Incumbent	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Jet Bussemaker (born 1961)	Minister	Education, Culture and Science	5 November 2012 – Incumbent	Labour Party
	Melanie Schultz van Haegen (born 1970)	Minister	Infrastructure and the Environment	14 October 2010 – Incumbent	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Ministers without portfolio		Title/Portfolio/Ministry		Term of office	Party
	Stef Blok (born 1964)	Minister	Housing and the Central Government Sector (within Interior and Kingdom Relations)	5 November 2012 – Incumbent	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Lilianne Ploumen (born 1962)	Minister	Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (within Foreign Affairs)	5 November 2012 – Incumbent	Labour Party
Undersecretaries		Title/Portfolio/Ministry		Term of office	Party
	Frans Weekers (born 1967)	Undersecretary	Fiscal Affairs and Finances of the Lower Government (within Finance)	14 October 2010 – 30 January 2014 ^[Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Eric Wiebes (born 1963)	Undersecretary		4 February 2014 – Incumbent	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Fred Teeven (born 1958)	Undersecretary ^[Title]	Prevention, Family Law, Copyright Law, Youth Justice, Integration and Immigration (within Security and Justice)	14 October 2010 – 10 March 2015 ^[Res]	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Klaas Dijkhoff (born 1981)	Undersecretary ^[Title]		20 March 2015 – Incumbent	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Co Verdaas (Born 1966)	Undersecretary ^[Title]	Agriculture, Nature, Food Quality, Tourism, Postal Affairs (within Economic Affairs)	5 November 2012 – 6 December 2012 ^[Res]	Labour Party
	Sharon Dijksma (born 1971)			18 December 2012 – 5 November 2015 ^[Appt]
	Martijn van Dam (born 1978)			3 November 2015 – Incumbent
	Martin van Rijn (born 1956)	Undersecretary	Nursing and Care, Elderly Policy, Youth Policy and Biotechnology (within Health, Welfare and Sport)	5 November 2012 – Incumbent	Labour Party
	Sander Dekker (born 1975)	Undersecretary	Higher Education, Science and Knowledge, Teachers and Culture (within Education, Culture and Science)	5 November 2012 – Incumbent	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
	Wilma Mansveld (Born 1962)	Undersecretary ^[Title]	Public Transport, Aviation, Water Policy and the Environment (within Infrastructure and the Environment)	5 November 2012 – 28 October 2015 ^[Res]	Labour Party
	Sharon Dijksma (born 1971)	Undersecretary ^[Title]		3 November 2015 – Incumbent	Labour Party
	Jetta Klijnsma (born 1957)	Undersecretary	Unemployment Insurances, Equality, Long-term Unemployment, Poverty, Health and Safety (within Social Affairs and Employment)	5 November 2012 – Incumbent	Labour Party
Source: (English) Government.nl

^Title Allowed to use a ministers title while on foreign business.

^Appt Appointment: Frans Timmermans appointed First Vice President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, Rule of Law and Charter of Fundamental Rights. Sharon Dijksma appointed Undersecretary for Infrastructure and the Environment.

^Res Resigned.

^{Ad interim} Blok served ad interim following the resignation of Ivo Opstelten.

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(Dutch) Kabinet-Rutte-Asscher Rijksoverheid
(Dutch) Kabinet-Rutte II (2012-heden) Parlement & Politiek

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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