Hans Vijlbrief | |
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State Secretary for the Extractive Industries | |
In office 10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
Succeeded by | Eddie van Marum |
State Secretary for Finance | |
In office 29 January 2020 – 10 January 2022 Serving with Alexandra van Huffelen | |
Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
Preceded by | Menno Snel |
Succeeded by | Marnix van Rij |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 6 December 2023 | |
In office 31 March 2021 – 10 January 2022 | |
Succeeded by | Hind Dekker-Abdulaziz |
President of the Eurogroup Working Group | |
In office 1 February 2018 – 29 January 2020[1] | |
Preceded by | Thomas Wieser |
Succeeded by | Tuomas Saarenheimo |
Treasurer-General | |
In office 1 July 2011 – 1 February 2018 | |
Preceded by | Ronald Gerritse |
Succeeded by | Christiaan Rebergen |
Personal details | |
Born | Johannes Alexander Vijlbrief 17 August 1963 Voorschoten, South Holland |
Political party | Democrats 66 |
Spouse | Manouche Hetzler |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Woubrugge, South Holland |
Alma mater | Vrije Universiteit |
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Johannes Alexander "Hans" Vijlbrief (born 17 August 1963) is a Dutch civil servant, economist, and politician, currently serving as a member of parliament for the social-liberal party Democrats 66 (D66). He previously served as State Secretary for the Extractive Industries in the Fourth Rutte cabinet.
Vijlbrief started his career at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, after earning his doctorate at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 1992. Subsequently, he worked at the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) before returning to Economic Affairs, where he filled several positions as director and director-general. Vijlbrief was appointed Treasurer-General of the Ministry of Finance in 2011, and occupied that post until he became president of the advisory body Eurogroup Working Group six and a half years later. He had been a member of that group while serving as Treasurer-General, assisting Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem.
Just after he had been re-elected at the working group, Vijlbrief was appointed State Secretary for Finance together with Alexandra van Huffelen in January 2020. He succeeded Menno Snel, who had resigned as a result of the childcare benefits scandal, and became responsible for the Tax Administration and tax affairs. Vijlbrief was elected to the House of Representatives in 2021, but he left this position upon his appointment as State Secretary for the Extractive Industries as part of the new fourth Rutte cabinet in January 2022. He was again elected to the House in November 2023, and his term as state secretary ended in July 2024.