Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
| Dutch: Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties | |
Logo of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
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 Building of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
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| Formed | 12 March 1798 |
| Jurisdiction | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Headquarters | Turfmarkt 147, The Hague, Netherlands |
| Employees | 3,000 |
| Annual budget | €3,8 billion (2018) |
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| Deputy Minister responsible | |
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| Website | (in English) Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (Dutch: Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties; BZK) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Domestic policy, Civil service, Public administration, Elections, Local governments, Intelligence and Kingdom Relations. 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. In 1876, it became the Ministry of the Interior and had several name changes before adopting its current name in 1998. The Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (Dutch: Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties) is the head of the Ministry and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands. The current Minister is Kajsa Ollongren who also serves as Second Deputy Prime Minister.
A precursor of the ministry, the Department for Internal Policy and Supervision on the State of Water Works, was founded in the Batavian Republic in 1798. This department was renamed Ministry of the Interior in 1801, and this name carried through when the Netherlands regained its independence in 1813. Its initial scope included such diverse policy areas as education, commerce, public health and telegraphy. As the role of the government expanded with the advent of the welfare state in the late 19th and early 20th century, several of these policy areas were transferred to other ministries or given their own ministry. This started in 1877, when the Ministry of Water Management, Commerce and Industry was established. This development continued in the 20th century. In 1918, public housing was transferred to the Ministry of Labour, and a Ministry of Education, Arts and Science was established. The ministry was briefly renamed Ministry of the Interior and Agriculture in 1923, but agriculture was transferred to the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 1932.
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