Frank Rijkaart
Frank Rijkaart | |
|---|---|
| Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations | |
| Assumed office 5 September 2025 | |
| Cabinet | Schoof |
| Preceded by | Judith Uitermark |
| Member of the Provincial Executive of South Holland | |
| In office 6 July 2023 – 5 September 2025 | |
| Member of the Bodegraven-Reeuwijk Municipal Council | |
| In office March 2018 – July 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 January 1978 Leiden, Netherlands |
| Political party | BBB |
| Other political affiliations |
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| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Politician |
Frank Rijkaart (Dutch: [ˈfrɑŋk ˈrɛikaːrt]; born 7 January 1978) is a Dutch politician of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB), who serves as the minister of the interior and kingdom relations.
Early life and career
[edit]He was born in 1978 in Leiden.[1] He started his career in the Royal Netherlands Army in 1996, and he later worked for the police and for the Zadkine Safety & Security Academy.[1] Rijkaart became a member of the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), and he joined the administration and finance committee of the Bodegraven-Reeuwijk Municipal Council in 2014. He was elected to the council in March 2018, but he left the VVD ahead of the 2022 municipal elections to join the new party Lokaal Liberaal Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, which had been founded by two former VVD members. He left the municipal council in July 2023 to become a member of the Provincial Executive of South Holland on behalf of the BBB.[2][3] His portfolio contained the nitrogen crisis, agriculture, fisheries, and the Groene Hart.[2]
On 5 September 2025, Rijkaart was appointed minister of the interior and kingdom relations in the demissionary Schoof cabinet, following the resignation of Judith Uitermark when her party left the government.[4]
Personal life
[edit]As of 2025, Rijkaart lived with his partner, and he had two children.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gouke Moes". Government of the Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ a b "G. (Gouke) Moes". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ Streng, Jorrit (3 September 2025). "In 2 jaar van gemeenteraad naar ministerraad, Frank Rijkaart scoort nieuwe baan: 'Een man van zijn woord'" [In two years from municipal council to council of ministers, Frank Rijkaart gets a new job: 'A man of his word']. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Weer nieuwe gezichten in kabinet dat alleen nog op de winkel moet passen" [Yet more new faces in the cabinet who only have to take care]. NOS (in Dutch). 5 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
