News - Government

1. Appointments of ministers and state secretaries

   Announcement by the King’s Office

   News item | 05-09-2025 | 15:54

2. Resignation of New Social Contract (NSC) ministers and state secretaries

   Announcement by the King’s Office

   News item | 23-08-2025 | 14:46

3. Prime Minister Schoof tenders government’s resignation

   On 3 June 2025 Prime Minister Dick Schoof tendered to His Majesty the King the resignation of all members of the government. Read ...

   News item | 03-06-2025 | 17:18

4. Presentation of government programme

   On Friday 13 September 2024 the Schoof government will present the government programme setting out its plans for its current ...

   News item | 13-09-2024 | 14:25

5. Schoof government sworn in

   This morning, the Schoof government was sworn in at Huis ten Bosch Palace. The new government is a coalition of the Freedom Party ...

   News item | 02-07-2024 | 10:30

6. Prime Minister Rutte tenders government’s resignation

   Prime Minister Mark Rutte has tendered to His Majesty the King the resignation of all ministers and state secretaries. The King ...

   News item | 08-07-2023 | 00:00

7. Government apologises for the Netherlands’ role in the history of slavery

   In a speech this afternoon, Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologised for the past actions of the Dutch State: to enslaved people in ...

   News item | 19-12-2022 | 16:18

8. MH17: The Netherlands and Australia hold Russia responsible

   The Netherlands and Australia hold Russia responsible for its part in the downing of flight MH17. The government took a decision ...

   News item | 25-05-2018 | 10:37