News - Ministry of General Affairs

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. Resignation of the State Secretary for Culture and Media

   The State Secretary for Culture and Media at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Gunay Uslu, has requested His ...

   News item | 30-11-2023 | 10:01

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. King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and Prime Minister Rutte take part in online 75th UN General Assembly

   His Majesty the King, Her Majesty the Queen and Prime Minister Mark Rutte are participating digitally in the 75th United Nations ...

   News item | 17-09-2020 | 18:29

9. Prime Minister attending 70th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York

   King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and Prime Minister Mark Rutte are to attend the 70th Session of the General Assembly of the ...

   News item | 08-09-2015 | 13:54

10. Prime Minister Rutte spoke with President Putin about establishing a UN tribunal regarding the MH17 air disaster.

    Prime Minister Mark Rutte spoke with President Vladimir Putin this morning, once again drawing the Russian leader's attention to ...

    News item | 29-07-2015 | 13:18