The minister for foreign trade and development cooperation () is a minister without portfolio in the Netherlands. The officeholder, who is a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers, is assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The minister is tasked with Trade and Export, Development Cooperation and International Environmental Policies. The current minister is Liesje Schreinemacher of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has been in office since 10 January 2021.

Until 2012, the title was Minister for Development Cooperation (minister voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking). Foreign trade and export promotion were handled by another appointee, a state secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Internationally, the state secretary was allowed to use the title of minister on official business. In 2010 both posts were merged, first as a state secretary; two years later a ministership was reinstated.

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (Netherlands)

According to the OECD, The Netherlands’ total ODA (USD 6.5 billion, preliminary data) increased in 2022 due to an increase in in-donor refugee costs, support to Ukraine and higher contributions to European Union (EU) institutions. It represented 0.67% of gross national income (GNI).

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (Netherlands)

List of ministers for development cooperation

List of state secretaries

See also

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency

Center for the Promotion of Imports

Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

NICCT

List of the largest trading partners of the Netherlands

Development aid

References

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