Wopke Hoekstra

Wopke Bastiaan Hoekstra (born 30 September 1975) is a Dutch politician and former consultant. He is party leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

Wopke Hoekstra
Second Deputy Prime Minister
Fourth Rutte cabinet
Assumed office 10 January 2022 Serving with Sigrid Kaag and Carola Schouten
Preceded by	Kajsa Ollongren
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 January 2022
Preceded by	Ben Knapen
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 31 March 2021 – 10 January 2022
Parliamentary group leader
In office 18 March 2021 – 10 January 2022
Preceded by	Pieter Heerma
Succeeded by	Pieter Heerma
Party leader
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 December 2020
Preceded by	Hugo de Jonge
Minister of Finance
In office 26 October 2017 – 10 January 2022
Preceded by	Jeroen Dijsselbloem
Succeeded by	Sigrid Kaag
Member of the Senate
In office 7 June 2011 – 25 October 2017
Personal details
Born	Wopke Bastiaan Hoekstra (1975-09-30) 30 September 1975 Bennekom, Gelderland, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA)
Residence	Bussum, North Holland, Netherlands
Alma mater	Leiden University, INSEAD
Website	www.parlement.com

Hoekstra studied law at Leiden University and obtained an MBA at INSEAD in Fontainebleau and Singapore. He worked at Shell and McKinsey & Company.

From 2011 to 2017, he was a member of the Senate. From 2017 to 2022, he was finance minister in the Third Rutte cabinet, as successor of Jeroen Dijsselbloem. He has been foreign minister and also second deputy prime minister in the Fourth Rutte cabinet since January 2022.

As successor of Hugo de Jonge, Hoekstra has been leading the CDA party since December 2020, and was therefore heading the CDA list for the general elections of 2021.

Wopke Hoekstra was born in Bennekom and is a Remonstrant. With his wife he has four children; they live in Bussum.

References

• Bio at Parlement.com

Other websites

• Bio at Government.nl