Mark Rutte

Mark Rutte
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 October 2010
Monarch	Beatrix Willem-Alexander
Deputy	Maxime Verhagen Lodewijk Asscher Hugo de Jonge Kajsa Ollongren Carola Schouten
Preceded by	Jan Peter Balkenende
Party leader
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 May 2006
Preceded by	Jozias van Aartsen
Deputy government minister for education and science
In office 17 June 2004 – 27 June 2006
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Annette Nijs
Succeeded by	Bruno Bruins
Deputy government minister for social affairs and employment
In office 22 July 2002 – 17 June 2004
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Hans Hoogervorst
Succeeded by	Henk van Hoof
Parliamentary group leader
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 March 2021
Preceded by	Klaas Dijkhoff
In office 16 March 2017 – 31 October 2017
Preceded by	Halbe Zijlstra
Succeeded by	Halbe Zijlstra
In office 13 September 2012 – 31 October 2012
Preceded by	Stef Blok
Succeeded by	Halbe Zijlstra
In office 29 June 2006 – 8 October 2010
Preceded by	Willibrord van Beek
Succeeded by	Stef Blok
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 March 2021
In office 23 March 2017 – 26 October 2017
In office 20 September 2012 – 5 November 2012
In office 28 June 2006 – 14 October 2010
In office 30 January 2003 – 27 May 2003
Personal details
Born	(1967-02-14) 14 February 1967 The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)
Residence	The Hague
Alma mater	Leiden University International Institute for Management Development
Signature
Website	www.parlement.com

Mark Rutte (born 14 February 1967) is a Dutch politician. He has been Prime Minister of The Netherlands since 14 October 2010. He is leader of the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He is also a part time teacher at a high school in The Hague

In 2010, Rutte won the elections with his party. He did not gain a majority in parliament, he won 31 out of 150 seats. Before he could form his government, there were four weeks of negotiations with the Christian-democratic CDA and the right-wing PVV of Geert Wilders. Wilders was not in the government, but he was supporting the government on several issues. These issues were discussed in those four weeks. When he was sworn in on 14 October 2010, he became the first liberal Prime Minister in the Netherlands in 92 years.

The First Rutte cabinet, consisting of VVD, CDA, and PVV, lasted from 2010 to 2012. The Second Rutte cabinet, consisting of VVD and PvdA, lasted from 2012 to 2017. The Third Rutte cabinet, consisting of VVD, D66, CDA, and CU, lasted from 2017 to 2022.

On 15 January 2021, Rutte announced his resignation and that of his government because of a child welfare scandal.

Rutte has been leading the Fourth Rutte cabinet, consisting of VVD, D66, CDA, and CU, since 10 January 2022.

Mark Rutte is single and lives in The Hague. He frequently uses his bike for government duties at the Binnenhof and the Catshuis.

Other websites

• Bio at Parlement.com
• Bio at Government.nl