Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
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The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (Dutch: Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties; BZK) is the Netherlands' ministry responsible for domestic policy, civil service, public administration, elections, relations with local governments, intelligence, and kingdom relations.
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties | |
Ministry overview | |
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Formed | 12 March 1798; 226 years ago (1798-03-12) |
Jurisdiction | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Headquarters | Turfmarkt 147, The Hague |
Employees | 3,000 |
Annual budget | €3,8 billion (2018)[1] |
Minister responsible | |
Deputy Minister responsible | |
Ministry executive |
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Website | Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
The minister of the interior and kingdom relations is a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands. The ministry was created in 1798 as the Department of Internal Police, to monitor the state of dikes, roads, and waters of the Batavian Republic. It became the Ministry of the Interior in 1876 and had several name changes before adopting its current name in 1998.
Hanke Bruins Slot has been its incumbent minister since January 2022.[2]