Sandra Palmen-SchlangenMinister for Benefits and Redress
Born on 17 February 1972 in Cuijk en Sint Agatha, married, 2 children.
No party affiliation
- Benefits (General Means-Tested Allowances Act and implementation of childcare benefit, healthcare benefit and housing benefit)
- Childcare benefit redress operation
- Revision of the benefits system
- 5 September 2025
Appointed Minister for Benefits and Redress in the Schoof government
- 13 December 2024 – 22 August 2025
Minister for Benefits and Redress in the Schoof government
- 2023
Member of the House of Representatives for NSC
- 2022 – 2023
Strategic Adviser on Government Action and the Rule of Law, Ministry of Finance
- 2021 – 2022
Coordinator of a project on application of the law, Tax, Benefits and Customs Inspectorate, Ministry of Finance
- 2021 – 2023
Deputy Justice, Central Appeals Court for Public Service and Social Security Matters
- 2020 – 2021
Specialist National Coordinator concerning benefits, Benefits Office
- 2018 – 2021
Management team member and strategic adviser on the human dimension in legislation, Tax and Customs Administration
- 2017 – 2018
Senior adviser on implementation and supervision, Ministry of Finance
- 2014 – 2017
Specialist coordinator, Tax and Customs Administration
- 2006 – 2014
Senior policy officer, Ministry of Finance
- 2001 – 2006
Team leader, Tax and Customs Administration
- 1997 – 2001
Processing official, Tax and Customs Administration
- 2005 – 2006
Effectus civilis (civil law certificate), Leiden University
- 1999 – 2001
Tax law, Leiden University
- 1991 – 1995
Tax economics, School of Higher Commercial Education, Arnhem
- 2023
Registrar of marriages and registered partnerships
