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David van Weel | |
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 Van Weel in 2025 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 5 September 2025 | |
| Cabinet | Schoof |
| Preceded by | Caspar Veldkamp |
| Minister of Asylum and Migration | |
| Assumed office 19 June 2025 | |
| Cabinet | Schoof |
| Preceded by | Marjolein Faber |
| Minister of Justice and Security | |
| In office 2 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | |
| Cabinet | Schoof |
| Preceded by | Dilan Yeşilgöz |
| Succeeded by | Foort van Oosten |
| NATO Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Cyber defence and Hybrid threats | |
| In office 1 November 2020 – 2 July 2024 | |
| Secretary General | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Antonio Missiroli |
| Succeeded by | Jean Ellermann-Kingombe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Martijn van Weel (1976-08-04)4 August 1976 (age 49) Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Political party | VVD (since 2018) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
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David Martijn van Weel (born 4 August 1976) is a Dutch diplomat, civil servant, and former naval officer, who has been serving asMinister of Foreign Affairs andof Asylum and Migration in theSchoof cabinet since September 2025 and June 2025, respectively. He was theMinister of Justice and Security between July 2024 and September 2025.[1]
Starting in 2016, Van Weel served as advisor on foreign affairs and defence to Prime MinisterMark Rutte.[2] In 2020, he became Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Cyber defence and Hybrid threats ofNATO, underSecretary GeneralJens Stoltenberg. BroadcasterNOS noted that Van Weel had more frequent public appearances following the start of theRussian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.[3]
After thePVV,VVD,NSC, andBBB formed theSchoof cabinet, Van Weel was sworn in as Minister of Justice and Security on 2 July 2024, succeedingDilan Yeşilgöz. He is serving on behalf of the conservative-liberalPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), which he joined in 2018.[3][4][5] Van Weel told that his priorities were to increase society's resilience in light of increased geopolitical tensions, to continue tackling subversiveorganized crime, and to increase trust in the rule of law. Responding to a clause in thecoalition agreement, he said that he wanted to set limits on protests within theright to protest, citing highway blockades by the environmentalist movementExtinction Rebellion.[4]
He was working on an approach to combatantisemitism when theNovember 2024 Amsterdam riots occurred, in which supporters of the Israeli football clubMaccabi Tel Aviv F.C. were targeted. Van Weel postponed the presentation of his plan, scheduled a week after the attack, by a week to incorporate more recent suggestions.[6] The strategy contained €4.5 million in yearly funding and a newtask force to increase the safety of Jewish citizens. In addition, the cabinet reiterated its commitment to impose limits on demonstrations, to criminalize the glorification of terrorism, and to broaden the grounds for revoking the Dutch nationality fromdual citizens.[7][8]
On 3 June 2025, Van Weel also becameMinister of Asylum and Migration upon the resignation ofMarjolein Faber.[9] When foreign affairs ministerCaspar Veldkamp resigned, he took over the post on 5 September 2025, and he gave up his role as Minister of Justice and Security.[10]
In September 2025, Van Weel said that the Netherlands would not support the UN report that described the situation in theGaza Strip asgenocide and would instead wait for theICJ's decision.[11]
Van Weel and his family moved back toRotterdam when he became a minister.[4]
Minister David van Weel (Justitie en Veiligheid, VVD) neemt vooralsnog de taken over van Marjolein Faber (Asiel) en staatssecretaris Ingrid Coenradie (Justitie en Veiligheid).
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| Preceded by | Minister of Justice and Security 2024–2025 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Asylum and Migration 2025–present | Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 2025–present | |
