Arno RutteMinister for Legal Protection
Born on 24 April 1972 in Hengelo, married, 2 daughters
Party: People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)
- The judiciary
- Council for the Judiciary
- The legal professions (including legal interpreters and translators)
- The legal system
- Legal aid
- Sanctions policy, including related amendments to the Criminal Code
- Juvenile justice policy, recidivism policy, young offender institutions
- Cooperation between organisations involved in the enforcement of criminal-law decisions
- Family law, including adoption
- Prevention (individual and general)
- Judiciary (Organisation) Act
- Code of Civil Procedure
- Amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure
- Private law, including the law of persons and family law
- Netherlands Nationality Act
- Bankruptcy Act
- General Administrative Law Act
- Quality of legislation
- Copyright/intellectual property
- Betting and gaming
- Personal data protection
- Integrity and Screening Agency (Justis),
- Central Judicial Collection Agency (CJIB)
- Council for the Administration of Criminal Justice and Protection of Juveniles, Child Protection Board
- AI
- Civic integration
- Custodial Institutions Agency (prison system, legislation and policy, custodial clinics, youth detention)
- Fire service
- Regional disaster response and crisis management
- Sexual offences (legislation)
- Tackling domestic violence and femicide
- Revision of Safety Regions Act
- Revision of emergency powers of the state
- Disaster Compensation Act
- Probation Service
- Enforcement (and system for enforcement) of criminal judgments
- 5 September 2025
Appointed Minister for Legal Protection in the Schoof government - April 2021 – 5 September 2025
Owner, Rutte Public Affairs - October 2019 – 5 September 2025
Director, Vintura care and life sciences consultancy - September 2012 – October 2019
Member of the House of Representatives for the VVD; party spokesperson on healthcare, sport and culture (2001-2017), party spokesperson on issues including police, counterterrorism and cybersecurity (2017-2018) - May 2007 – September 2012
Social media and online dialogue specialist, Menzis health insurer - September 2002 – April 2007
Manager, criminal law sector, Groningen District Court; January 2005 – January 2006: seconded as programme manager on behalf of the courts to the national Integrated Process System (GPS) project - April 2000 – September 2002
Consultant, Pentascope organisational consultancy - September 1996 – September 2000
Team leader, FBTO insurance company
- 1991 – 1996
Dutch law (Criminal Law and Criminology), University of Groningen - 1990 – 1991
Pharmacy (not completed), University of Groningen - 1984 – 1990
Secondary school, De Bouwmeester School, Haaksbergen
- From December 2014
Chair of ‘Das Boot’ student association, Haren - 2022 – 5 September 2025
Chair of the Skin Cancer Care steering committee - October 2021 – 5 September 2025
Chair of STIVA (foundation for responsible alcohol consumption and advertising) - 2010 – 2012
Member of Groningen municipal council for the VVD