Barbara Visser

Her Excellency Barbara Visser
Barbara Visser in 2012

Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 August 2021
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Cora van Nieuwenhuizen
State Secretary for Defence
In office 26 October 2017 – 31 August 2021
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Jack de Vries (2010)
Succeeded by	Vacant
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 20 September 2012 – 26 October 2017
Parliamentary group	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Personal details
Born	Barbara Visser (1977-08-16) 16 August 1977 (age 44) Šibenik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian–Dutch
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Residence	Zaanstad, Netherlands
Alma mater	Free University Amsterdam (Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Management consultant
Website	Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management

Barbara Visser (born 16 August 1977) is a Croatian–born Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). She is the Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management in the Cabinet Rutte III since 31 August 2021.^[1]

Visser a civil servant by occupation, was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 2012 serving from 20 September 2012 until 26 October 2017 when she was appointed as State Secretary for Defence in the Cabinet Rutte III taking office on 26 October 2017.

Visser was born in Šibenik in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia) into a mixed Dutch-Croatian family. From 2006 to 2010, she was a municipal councillor of, and also from 2010 to 2012, an alderman of Zaanstad.

References[]

^ "Barbara Visser (VVD) moet problemen op Defensie gaan oplossen" (in Dutch). NOS. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

External links[]

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Official

(in Dutch) Drs. B. (Barbara) Visser Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded by Jack de Vries (2010)	State Secretary for Defence 2017–2021	Succeeded by Vacant
Preceded by Cora van Nieuwenhuizen	Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management 2021–present	Incumbent

show v t Ministers of Infrastructure of the Netherlands
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
Schultz van Haegen Van Nieuwenhuizen Visser

show v State Secretaries for Defence of the Netherlands
Ministry of Defence
Army	Haex Haex
Navy	De Jong Van Es
Air Force	Den Toom Schaper Duynstee
Defence	Van Es Stemerdink Van Eekelen Stemerdink Van Houwelingen Hoekzema Van Voorst tot Voorst Gmelich Meijling Van Hoof Van der Knaap De Vries Visser

show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2017–2021)
House of Representatives 23 March 2017 – 31 March 2021
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 32)	Dijkhoff <Van Ark> Aartsen <Azmani> Becker Bolkestein Van den Bosch Bosman <Ten Broeke> <Dekker> R. Dijkstra <Duisenberg> El Yassini Van Gent Harbers Heerema <Hennis-Plasschaert> Hermans Koerhuis Koopmans Laan-Geselschap <De Lange> Van der Linde Lodders Middendorp <A. Mulder> Nijkerken-de Haan <Van Oosten> Regterschot <A. Rutte> <M. Rutte> Smals Snoeren Tellegen Tielen Veldman <Visser> De Vries Weverling Wiersma Van Wijngaarden Wörsdörfer <Van 't Wout> Yeşilgöz-Zegerius Ziengs <Zijlstra>
Party for Freedom (PVV – 20)	Wilders Van Aalst Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma <Gerbrands> De Graaf Graus Helder Jansen De Jong Kops Madlener (Maeijer) Markuszower E. Mulder <Popken> De Roon De Vree Van Weerdenburg
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 19)	Heerma Amhaouch Van den Anker Van den Berg <Bruins Slot> C. van Dam Geluk-Poortvliet Geurts <Van Haersma Buma> Van Helvert <Keijzer> <Knops> Kuik Von Martels Van der Molen A.H. Mulder Omtzigt Palland <Rog> <Ronnes> Terpstra Van Toorenburg
Democrats 66 (D66 – 19)	Jetten Belhaj Bergkamp Van Beukering <> Bouali Diertens P. Dijkstra Van Eijs <Van Engelshoven> De Groot Groothuizen <Koolmees> Van Meenen Paternotte <Pechtold> Raemakers Sjoerdsma <Van Veldhoven> Verhoeven Van Weyenberg
GroenLinks (GL – 14)	Klaver Bromet Van den Berge Buitenweg <Diks> Ellemeet <Grashoff> Kröger Van der Lee Van den Nieuwenhuijzen Van Ojik <Özdil> Özütok Snels <Van Tongeren> <Voortman> Westerveld
Socialist Party (SP – 14)	Marijnissen Alkaya Beckerman J. van Dijk Futselaar Van Gerven Karabulut Van Kent <Kooiman> Kwint Laçin Leijten Van Nispen Van Raak <Roemer>
Labour Party (PvdA – 9)	Ploumen Arib (Speaker) Asscher G. van Dijk <Dijksma> <Dijsselbloem> Van den Hul Kerstens Kuiken Moorlag Nijboer
Christian Union (CU – 5)	Segers Bruins Dik-Faber Van der Graaf <Schouten> Voordewind
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 4)	Ouwehand <Thieme> Van Esch Van Raan Wassenberg
50PLUS (50+ – 3)	Van Brenk Van Otterloo <Van Rooijen> Sazias
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop <Dijkgraaf> Stoffer
DENK (DENK – 3)	Azarkan Kuzu Öztürk
Forum for Democracy (FVD – 2)	Baudet Van Haga <Hiddema> Vacant
Member Krol (Indep. – 1)	Krol
Member Van Kooten-Arissen (Indep. – 1)	Van Kooten-Arissen
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker (Brackets) signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <Angle brackets> signifies a member who prematurely left the House of Representatives See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–2019 Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2019–2023

show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2012–2017)
House of Representatives, 20 September 2012 – 23 March 2017
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 40)	Zijlstra Van Ark Azmani Berckmoes-Duindam <Blok> De Boer Bosma Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé <Dijkhoff> R. Dijkstra Duisenberg Elias Geselschap Harbers Heerema <Hennis-Plasschaert> <Huizing> De Lange <Leegte> <De Liefde> Van der Linde <Litjens> Lodders <Lucas> Van Miltenburg (Speaker, 2012–2015) Moors An. Mulder Neppérus <Van Nieuwenhuizen> Nijkerken-de Haan Van Oosten Potters Van der Ree A. Rutte <M. Rutte> <Schippers> Schut-Welkzijn <Van der Steur> Straus Taverne Teeven Tellegen <Van Veen> Veldman <Verheijen> Visser Au. de Vries Vuijk <Weekers> Van Wijngaarden Van 't Wout Ziengs
Labour Party (PvdA – 35)	Kuiken Arib (Speaker, 2015–2017) Asante <Bonis> Bouwmeester Brouwer Çegerek <Van Dam> Van Dekken <O. van Dijk> <Dijsselbloem> Dikkers Eijsink Fokke Groot Günal-Gezer <Hamer> <Heijnen> <Hilkens> Hoogland Jacobi <Jadnanansing> Kerstens <Klijnsma> Van Laar Leenders Maij Marcouch Mohandis Nijboer Oosenbrug <Plasterk> Recourt <Samsom> Servaes Tanamal <Timmermans> <Ünver> Van der Velde Vermeij Vermue Volp J. Vos M. Vos Al. de Vries Wolbert Ypma Yücel
Socialist Party (SP – 15)	Roemer Bashir Van Bommel J. van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen <Jansen> Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Merkies Van Nispen Van Raak Siderius Smaling <Smits> <Swinkels> Ulenbelt <De Wit>
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 13)	Van Haersma Buma Amhaouch Bruins Slot Geurts Heerma Van Helvert <Van Hijum> Keijzer Knops Ag. Mulder Omtzigt <Oskam> Rog Ronnes <De Rouwe> Van Toorenburg
Party for Freedom (PVV – 12)	Wilders Agema Beertema Bosma Van Dijck Fritsma <Gerbrands> De Graaf Graus Helder Klever Madlener De Roon
Democrats 66 (D66 – 12)	Pechtold Belhaj Bergkamp <Berndsen> P. Dijkstra <Hachchi> Koolmees Koşer Kaya Van Meenen <Schouw> Sjoerdsma Swinkels Van Veldhoven Verhoeven Van Weyenberg
Christian Union (CU – 5)	Segers Bruins Dik-Faber Schouten <Slob> Voordewind
GroenLinks (GL – 4)	Klaver (Leader, 2015–2017) <Ellemeet> Grashoff <Van Ojik> (Leader, 2012–2015) <Sap> (Leader, 2012) Van Tongeren Voortman
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 3)	Van der Staaij Bisschop Dijkgraaf
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 2)	Thieme Ouwehand <Wassenberg>
50PLUS (50+ – 1)	Krol <Baay-Timmerman>
Independent (Groep Bontes/Van Klaveren – 2)	Bontes Van Klaveren
Independent (Groep Kuzu/Öztürk – 2)	Kuzu Öztürk
Independent (Lid-Van Vliet – 1)	Van Vliet
Independent (Lid-Klein – 1)	Klein
Independent (Lid-Houwers – 1)	Houwers
Independent (Lid-Monasch – 1)	Monasch
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker Angle brackets signify a replacement member or a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012 Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2017–present See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015 Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–present

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