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Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment

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Annual budget
  
€9,8 billion (2013)

Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment

Formed
  
October 14, 2010; 6 years ago (2010-10-14)

Jurisdiction
  
Kingdom of the Netherlands

Headquarters
  
Plesmanweg 1-6, The Hague, Netherlands

Minister responsible
  
Melanie Schultz van Haegen, Minister of Infrastructure and Environment

Deputy Minister responsible
  
Sharon Dijksma, Undersecretary for Infrastructure and Environment

The Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (Dutch: Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu; IenM) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Transport, Aviation, Housing, Public works, Spatial planning, Land management, Forestry, Water and the Environment. The Ministry was created in 2010 following the merger of the former Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management and Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment. The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Infrastructure and Environment, currently Melanie Schultz van Haegen.

Contents

Support agencies

  • Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DGB)
  • Directorate-General for Spatial Development and Water Affairs (DGRW)
  • Directorate-General for Environment and International Affairs (DGMI)
  • Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat)
  • Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT)
  • Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)
  • Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
  • Knowledge, Innovation and Strategy

    • List of Ministers of Infrastructure and Environment

    For ministers of the predecessors of this ministry see Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management and Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment.

    References

    Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment Wikipedia
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