Minister of General Affairs of the Netherlands

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cabinet position government office

The Minister of General Affairs of the Netherlands is the head of government who serves as prime minister and leads the Dutch cabinet while overseeing overall government policy and coordination.

Aliases (1)

Prime Minister of the Netherlands ×19

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet position → government office →
alsoKnownAs	Prime Minister of the Netherlands →
appointedBy	Monarch of the Netherlands →
associatedMinistry	Ministry of General Affairs of the Netherlands →
chairs	Council for the Kingdom (Raad voor het Koninkrijk) → Council of Ministers of the Netherlands →
constitutingInstrument	Constitution of the Netherlands →
country	Netherlands →
currentIncumbent	Mark Rutte →
dateEstablished	12 May 1918 →
firstHolder	Pieter Cort van der Linden →
hasJurisdiction	Kingdom of the Netherlands (insofar as general affairs) →
heads	Government of the Netherlands →
inauguralHolder	Pieter Cort van der Linden →
incumbentSince	14 October 2010 →
leads	Dutch cabinet →
memberOf	Council of Ministers of the Netherlands → Council of State of the Netherlands (advisory role) →
nativeLabel	Minister van Algemene Zaken →
nominatedBy	House of Representatives of the Netherlands (informateur/formateur process) →
officeHoldersAre	Prime Minister of the Netherlands →
officeLocation	Binnenhof, The Hague → Torentje (prime minister’s office) →
officeType	head of government →
oversees	interministerial coordination → overall government policy →
partOf	executive branch of the Netherlands →
politicalSystemContext	constitutional monarchy → parliamentary democracy →
portfolioIncludes	coordination of cabinet policy → general government policy → government communications →
rank	most senior minister in the Dutch cabinet →
reportsTo	States General of the Netherlands →
responsibleFor	General Affairs Ministry (Ministerie van Algemene Zaken) → King’s Office (Kabinet van de Koning) → communications policy of the central government → coordination of government policy → information services of the central government →
seat	The Hague →
style	Her Excellency → His Excellency →
symbol	Coat of arms of the Netherlands →
termDependsOn	confidence of the House of Representatives →
termLength	no fixed term →
worksWith	Deputy Prime Ministers of the Netherlands →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jan Peter Balkenende → Mark Rutte → Theo de Meester ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") → Willem Drees ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") →	positionHeld
Council of Ministers of the Netherlands ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") → Ministry of General Affairs of the Netherlands ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") →	headedBy
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") → State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") →	nominatedBy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") → State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") →	subordinateTo
Binnenhof ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") → Trêveszaal ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") →	usedBy
Minister of General Affairs of the Netherlands ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") →	alsoKnownAs
Council of Ministers of the Netherlands ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") →	appointedOnAdviceOf
Mauritstoren ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") →	associatedWith
Council of Ministers of the Netherlands ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") →	chairperson
Government of the Netherlands ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") →	hasHeadOfGovernment
King of the Netherlands ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") →	meetsRegularlyWith
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") →	reportsTo
Ministry of General Affairs of the Netherlands ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") →	seatOfGovernmentFor
King’s Office (Kabinet van de Koning) ("Prime Minister of the Netherlands") →	worksWith