Reinette KleverMinister for Foreign Trade and Development
Born on 21 July 1967 in Weesp, married, 3 children
Party: Freedom Party (PVV)
‘We earn a third of our income through international trade. As minister, I will help Dutch companies be even more successful abroad. As agreed, this government is reducing development spending, so our main focus will be on food and water. Our companies are global leaders in these areas.’
International trade
Development aid (inclusive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs))
International environment and climate policy
2 July 2024
Appointed Minister for Foreign Trade and Development in the Schoof government
2020 – 2 July 2024
Co-founder and (as of 1 January 2022) business director, Ongehoord Nederland broadcasting company
2018 – 2022
Family wealth manager
September 2012 – March 2017
Member of the House of Representatives for the PVV; party spokesperson on health, welfare and sport, and economic affairs and energy
June 2011 – September 2012
Member of the Senate for the PVV; party spokesperson on social affairs and employment and the interior
2004 – September 2012
Family wealth manager, ASAP Investment Holding BV
1991 – 1998
Various management positions at Koninklijke Nedlloyd Groep in Venlo, Rotterdam and Chile
1985 – 1991
Business economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam; internships at Banque de Neuflize Schlumberger Mallet, Paris (1990) and ABN AMRO, New York (1991)
1979 – 1985
Secondary education, Comenius School, Capelle aan den IJssel
2019 – 2020
Member of the Nexit thinktank
2011 – 2012
Deputy parliamentary party leader in the Senate for the PVV
