Rob Jetten

‘The Netherlands has big ambitions when it comes to the climate and sustainable energy. I’m pleased that we’re going to be taking big strides in the years ahead. In doing so, we will be playing our part in meeting the global challenge of passing on a liveable planet to future generations. And we will ensure a clean and competitive economy in which sustainability pays off and everyone benefits.’

Rob JettenMinister for Climate and Energy Policy, Deputy Prime Minister

Born on 25 March 1987 in Veghel, single
Party: Democrats ’66 (D66)

2011-2013
Management trainee, ProRail (Dutch rail network manager)
2013-2014
Strategic adviser, ProRail
2014-2017
Regional construction manager, ProRail
23 March 2017 – 10 January 2022
Member of the House of Representatives and D66 parliamentary party leader
10 January 2022
Appointed Minister for Climate and Energy Policy in the fourth Rutte government
8 January 2024 - 12 January 2024
Appointed Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister in the fourth Rutte Government

2007-2008
Policy officer for the D66 parliamentary party in the Senate
2007-2008
Branch chair, Jonge Democraten (D66 youth organisation), Arnhem-Nijmegen
2008-2009
National chair, Jonge Democraten
2010-2017
Member and leader of the D66 group on Nijmegen municipal council
2011-2016
Member of the Advisory Council of the Dutch National Student Association (ISO)
2019 – January 2022
Member of the Committee of Recommendation, Indisch Herinneringscentrum (centre for the preservation of historical memory of events in the Netherlands East Indies during and after the Second World War)
2019 – January 2022
Ambassador for All4Small (organisation supporting care and research for newborns)

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