Hans VijlbriefMinister of Social Affairs and Employment
Born on 17 August 1963 in Voorschoten, married, 2 children
Party: Democrats ’66 (D66)
I want to get to work, together, on making the Netherlands fit for the future. Because we are a country defined by cooperation. A country where everyone can participate and where we need everyone. We see that many rules and regulations can be made simpler. That the current system has people in a chokehold. This requires a minister who goes out into the community, engages in dialogue and listens to people.
General socioeconomic policy and budget policy
Income policy
Socioeconomic security, purchasing power, poverty policy and debt counselling
Employee insurance schemes
National insurance schemes
Labour market policy (including labour relations, termination of employment, labour migration and labour market discrimination)
Pension system
International matters
Lifelong learning
Netherlands Labour Authority
Employee Insurance Agency (UWV)
Dutch Benefits Data Exchange Service (BIDN)
Winding down coronavirus pandemic-related measures
Social Climate Fund (SCF)
Matters relating to social affairs and employment in the Caribbean Netherlands
23 February 2026
Appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Employment in the Jetten government
23 December 2023 – 23 February 2026
Member of the House of Representatives for D66
10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024
State Secretary for the Extractive Industries in the fourth Rutte government
29 January 2020 – 10 January 2022
State Secretary for Tax Affairs and the Tax Administration in the third Rutte government
2018 – 2020
Chair of the high-level working group in Brussels which prepares the monthly Eurogroup meetings
2011 – 2018
Treasurer-General at the Ministry of Finance
2001 – 2011
Various positions at the Ministry of Economic Affairs:
2010-2011: Director-General for Energy, Telecommunications and Markets
2004-2010: Director-General for Economic Policy
2001-2004: Director of the General Economic Policy Department
1999 – 2001
Deputy director of the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
1998 – 2000
Part-time director of the Research Centre for Financial Economic Policy at Erasmus University Rotterdam
1992 – 1999
Various positions at the General Economic Policy Department, Ministry of Economic Affairs
1992
PhD in Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
1987
General Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam