Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Transport, Aviation, Housing policy, Public works, Spatial planning, Land management and Water Management. The Ministry was created in 2010 as the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment following the merger of the Ministry of Transport and Water Management and the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment. In 2017 the Ministry was renamed as the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and the responsibilities for Environmental policy and Climate change policy were transferred to the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management is the head of the Ministry and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands. The current Minister is Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, who has been in office since 26 October 2017.Organisation
The Ministry has currently two Government Agencies and three Directorates:
