Mark Rutte

Mark Rutte
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 October 2010
Monarch	Beatrix Willem-Alexander
Deputy	Lodewijk Asscher
Preceded by	Jan Peter Balkenende
Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Demcoracy
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 May 2006
Preceded by	Jozias van Aartsen
State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science
In office 17 June 2004 – 27 June 2006
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Annette Nijs
Succeeded by	Bruno Bruins
State Secretary 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
Member of the House of Representatives
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	14 February 1967 (1967-02-14) The Hague, Netherlands
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Alma mater	Leiden University International Institute for Management Development
Religion	Reformed Protestant
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Website	Government website

Mark Rutte (born 14 February 1967) is a Dutch politician. He has been Prime Minister of The Netherlands since 14 October 2010. He is the leader of the liberal party VVD.

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 is not in the government, but he will support 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.

Rutte is also a teacher at a school in The Hague.