H.E. Stientje van Veldhoven-van der Meer

Minister of Climate and Green Growth · Government of Netherlands · company speakers →

Born on 22 June 1973 in Utrecht, married Party: Democrats ‘66 (D66) • 23 February 2026 Appointed Minister of Climate and Green Growth in the Jetten government • 1 September 2021 – 23 February 2026 Vice President of the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Regional Director/CEO of WRI Europe • 14 April 2020 – 19 July 2021 State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management in the third Rutte government • 1 November 2019 – 14 April 2020 Minister for the Environment and Housing in the third Rutte government • 26 October 2017 – 1 November 2019 State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management in the third Rutte government • 17 June 2010 – 26 October 2017 Member of the House of Representatives for D66, party spokesperson on issues including sustainability, mobility, climate and energy, development cooperation, and agriculture, nature and food quality. From 2012 to 2017: member of the presidium of the House of Representatives and chair of the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Infrastructure and the Environment • 2009 – 2010 Coordinator for the Zuidvleugel Randstad region, Ministry of Economic Affairs • 2006 – 2009 Policy adviser on the coordination of intergovernmental initiatives, European Commission • 2003 – 2006 First secretary for research policy and scientific and technological attaché, Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the European Union • 1999 – 2003 Innovation policy officer, Ministry of Economic Affairs • 1997 – 1999 Personal assistant to a member of the European Parliament

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