Head of government Mark Rutte Ministers removed
(Death/resignation/dismissal) 2 | Deputy head of government Lodewijk Asscher Total no. of ministers 13 | |
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Date formed 5 November 2012 (2012-11-05) Head of state Beatrix of the Netherlands
(2012–2013)
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
(from 2013) | ||
The Second Rutte cabinet, also called the Rutte–Asscher cabinet has been part of the executive branch of the Dutch Government since 5 November 2012. The cabinet was formed by a grand coalition of the political parties People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and Labour Party (PvdA) after the Dutch general election of 2012.
Shortly before the general election in March 2017, the cabinet was declared "demissionary" and currently assumes a caretaker role until a new cabinet is formed.
Title Allowed to use a ministers title while on foreign business. Appt Appointment: Timmermans appointed as First Vice President of the European Commission and European Commissioner. Blok appointed as Minister Security and Justice. Dijksma appointed as Undersecretary for Infrastructure and the Environment. Res Resigned. Ad interim Blok served ad interim following the resignation of Opstelten and the medical leave of absence of Plasterk. Note Plasterk took a medical leave of absence on 29 June 2016 and returned on 16 September 2016.References
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