Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (Netherlands)
The Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation is a Dutch Minister without portfolio tasked with all matters concerning International trade, Export promotion, International development, Development aid, Foreign Disaster relief and International Environmental policies. The Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation is part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands. The current Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation is Sigrid Kaag of the Democrats 66, who has been in office since 26 October 2017.
Until 2012, the title was Minister for Development Cooperation. Foreign trade and export promotion were handled by another person, a state secretary at the ministry of Economic Affairs. Internationally, the state secretary was allowed to use the title of minister. In 2010 both posts were merged, first as a state secretary; two years later there was a minister again.Living former Ministers for Development Cooperation
Living former State Secretaries for Development Cooperation
