Melanie Schultz van Haegen
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Melanie Henriëtte Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus (born June 28, 1970) is a Dutch
politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
(VVD). She was State Secretary
for Transport, Public Works and Water Management. She is the Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment
in the Rutte cabinet.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal Democrats 66 alongside which it sits in...
(VVD). She was State Secretary
State Secretary (Netherlands)
State Secretary is the title of a junior member of the Dutch or Belgian cabinet. Other terms for the title are deputy minister, junior minister or vice-minister...
for Transport, Public Works and Water Management. She is the Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment
Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (Netherlands)
The Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment is a Dutch ministry created in 2010 by the Rutte Cabinet, and is a merger of the former Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management and Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment. The minister is Melanie Schultz van...
in the Rutte cabinet.