Born on 27 April 1981 in Laren, married
Party: People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)
We will work to ensure the Netherlands is safe and prosperous by investing in our security and maintaining stable public finances.
- The central government budget
- The Treasury and financial markets, including relations with De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) and the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), the Financial Supervision Act
- State holdings (including the national investment institution (NII))
- European and international monetary policy
- Policy on international financial institutions (including the IMF and the World Bank)
- The European capital markets union (Draghi report)
- Coinage
- 23 February 2026
Appointed Minister of Finance in the Jetten government - 2 July 2024 – 23 February 2026
Minister of Finance in the Schoof government; acting Minister of Economic Affairs in the Schoof government from 3 to 19 June 2025 - 2021 – 2024
Member of the House of Representatives for the VVD, party spokesperson on finance - 2011 – 2021
Policy adviser on finance, head of policy and political secretary for the VVD in the House of Representatives - 2008 – 2011
Inspectorate of the Budget, Ministry of Finance
- 2007 – 2008
Financial and economic policy, Erasmus University Rotterdam - 2006 – 2007
MSc in International Relations, University of Amsterdam - 2005 – 2007
MSc in Macroeconomics, University of Amsterdam - 2002 – 2005
BSc in Economics, University of Amsterdam - 1998 – 2002
Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
- 2023
VVD campaign leader for the parliamentary election - 2015 – 2020
Member of the VVD campaign teams for the parliamentary elections - 2017 – 2020
Member of the VVD electoral programme committees for the parliamentary elections