Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment

Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu

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Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
Department overview
Formed October 14, 2010 (2010-10-14)
Jurisdiction Kingdom of the Netherlands
Headquarters Plesmanweg 1-6, The Hague, Netherlands
Annual budget €9,8 billion (2013)[1]
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Website Ministry of 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.

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or. [The seven arrows stand for the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht.] The shield is crowned with the (Dutch) royal crown and supported by two lions Or armed and langued gules. They stand on a scroll Azure with the text (Or) "Je Maintiendrai" (French for "I will maintain".)
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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.

Minister of Infrastructure
and Environment		 Term of office Party Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Melanie Schultz van Haegen
(born 1970)		 14 October 2010 –
People's Party for
Freedom and Democracy		 Mark Rutte
(Rutte I • II)

References

  1. ↑ (Dutch) XII Infrastructuur en Milieu, Rijksoverheid, September 18, 2012
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