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Wopke Hoekstra | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| European Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2024 | |
| President | Ursula von der Leyen |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| European Commissioner for Climate Action | |
| In office 9 October 2023 – 1 December 2024 | |
| President | Ursula von der Leyen |
| Preceded by | Maroš Šefčovič (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Second Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands | |
| In office 10 January 2022 – 1 September 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Kajsa Ollongren |
| Succeeded by | Karien van Gennip |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 10 January 2022 – 1 September 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Ben Knapen |
| Succeeded by | Liesje Schreinemacher (acting) |
| Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal | |
| In office 11 December 2020 – 14 August 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Hugo de Jonge |
| Succeeded by | Henri Bontenbal |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Jeroen Dijsselbloem |
| Succeeded by | Sigrid Kaag |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 31 March 2021 – 10 January 2022 | |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 7 June 2011 – 26 October 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wopke Bastiaan Hoekstra 30 September 1975 Bennekom, Netherlands |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Appeal |
| Domestic partner | Liselot Hoornweg |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Leiden University (LLB, LLM) INSEAD (MBA) |
| Website | Government website |
Wopke Bastiaan Hoekstra (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɔpkə ˈbɑstijaːn ˈɦukstraː]; born 30 September 1975) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who serves as European Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth in the second von der Leyen commission.
Following a corporate career and a decade in the Dutch Senate and House of Representatives, Hoekstra served as Minister of Finance in the third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to 2022 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) from 2020 to 2023.[1] In January 2022, he became second Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the fourth Rutte cabinet. Hoekstra left the cabinet in September 2023 to succeed Frans Timmermans as European Commissioner for Climate Action in the first von der Leyen commission, and he stayed in his role when the second von der Leyen Commission was inaugurated in December 2024.[2]
- ^ "Wopke Hoekstra (CDA), bezige bij en nu minister van Financiën" (in Dutch). NOS. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Take action for a real EU climate leader". act.wemove.eu. Retrieved 5 October 2023.