Ingrid van Engelshoven

Ingrid Katharina van Engelshoven (born 12 July 1966) is a Dutch politician serving as Minister of Education, Culture and Science in the Third Rutte cabinet since 26 October 2017.[1]

In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Engelshoven, not Engelshoven.
Her Excellency

Ingrid van Engelshoven
Van Engelshoven in 2017
Minister of Education, Culture and Science
Assumed office
26 October 2017
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byJet Bussemaker
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
23 March 2017 – 26 October 2017
Chairwoman of the Democrats 66
In office
12 May 2007 – 9 March 2013
LeaderAlexander Pechtold
Preceded byGerard Schouw (ad interim)
Succeeded byFleur Gräper
Personal details
Born
Ingrid Katharina van Engelshoven

(1966-07-12) 12 July 1966
Delfzijl, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Political partyDemocrats 66 (since 1986)
Children1 daughter
ResidenceThe Hague, Netherlands
Alma materRadboud University Nijmegen
(Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science)
Leiden University
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Jurist · Management consultant · Political consultant
WebsiteMinister of Education, Culture and Science

A member of Democrats 66 (D66) party, she was the party chairwoman from 12 May 2007 until 9 March 2013; before her election to the House of Representatives in 2017, she had been an alderwoman in The Hague, from 26 June 2014 to 16 February 2017. Van Engelshoven studied political science at Radboud University Nijmegen and law at Leiden University. On 26 October 2017, she was appointed as Minister for Education, Culture and Science in Mark Rutte's third cabinet, the first member of her party to hold the position.

Feminism

According to Van Engelshoven, there are too many "white men" working at colleges and universities in the Netherlands.[2] She has claimed that this leads to "nasty incidents involving intimidation of female employees".[2] She has qualified the decision of the TU Eindhoven to no longer accept men for new vacancies as "courageous".[3] The Dutch Institute for Human Rights later ruled that this decision violates Dutch equality laws.[4]

References
  1. "Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven (D66) 'reanimeerde' de partij" (in Dutch). NOS. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. "Van Engelshoven en universiteiten willen meer diversiteit hoger onderwijs". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  3. Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (2019-07-16). "Emancipatiebeleid; Verslag van een algemeen overleg; Verslag van een algemeen overleg, gehouden op 18 juni 2019, over emancipatiebeleid". zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  4. "College oordeelt over voorkeursbeleid TU Eindhoven | College voor de Rechten van de Mens". mensenrechten.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-12-05.
Official
Party political offices
Preceded by
Gerard Schouw
Ad interim		 Chairwoman of
the Democrats 66
2007–2013		 Succeeded by
Fleur Gräper
Political offices
Preceded by
Jet Bussemaker		 Minister of Education,
Culture and Science
2017–present		 Incumbent


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