Frans Weekers
Encyclopedia
Frans Hubertus Henricus Weekers (born October 17, 1967) is a Dutch
politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
(VVD). He is the State Secretary
for Finance
in the Cabinet Rutte serving since October 14, 2010. He previously served as a Member of the House of Representatives from May 19, 1998 until May 23, 2002 and again from June 3, 2003 until October 14, 2010. January 30, 2003 until October 14, 2010.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal Democrats 66 alongside which it sits in...
(VVD). He is the State Secretary
State Secretary (Netherlands)
State Secretary is the title of a junior member of the Dutch or Belgian cabinet. Other terms for the title are deputy minister, junior minister or vice-minister...
for Finance
Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)
The Ministry of Finance is the Dutch ministry of finance: it is occupied with the national budget, taxation and financial economic policy, including supervision of financial markets...
in the Cabinet Rutte serving since October 14, 2010. He previously served as a Member of the House of Representatives from May 19, 1998 until May 23, 2002 and again from June 3, 2003 until October 14, 2010. January 30, 2003 until October 14, 2010.