Chris JansenMinister for the Environment and Public Transport
Born on 27 October 1966 in Bussum, married, 2 children
Party: Freedom Party (PVV)
Whether you live in the city, the suburbs or a village: everyone in the Netherlands has the right to live in a clean and healthy environment and to have access to good, reliable and safe public transport. With due consideration to all interests involved, I will fully devote myself to achieving this.
The environment: noise pollution, environmental safety and risks, hazardous substances, non-agricultural use of biocides and plant protection products, air quality, circular economy, traffic emissions and fuels. This does not include climate policy.
Soil
Public transport and railways
International public transport
Cycling policy
Sustainable transport
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS)
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)
2 July 2024
Appointed Minister for the Environment and Public Transport in the Schoof government
29 June 2023 – 2 July 2024
Member of Flevoland provincial executive with responsibility for economic affairs, education and the labour market
29 March 2021 – 21 June 2023
Member of the PVV group in Flevoland provincial council; member of the council committee on economic affairs, transport & mobility and society
27 November 2019 – 31 March 2021
Member of the House of Representatives for the PVV; party spokesperson on public health, welfare and sport
11 March 2010 – 15 January 2020
Member of Almere municipal council; party spokesperson on spatial planning, housing, education and sport
10 March 2011 – 19 December 2019
Member of the PVV group in Flevoland provincial council; member of the council committee on economic affairs, transport & mobility and society
1990 – 1994
Business economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
1986 – 1990
Commercial economics, HEAO Amsterdam
1979 – 1985
Secondary education, Sint Vitus College, Bussum
2022 – 24 June 2024
Member of the communications advisory committee, AFC Ajax football club
2022 – 2023
Member of Almere municipal council for the PVV; various roles, including chair of the committee tasked with preparing an investigation into Floriade
2014 – 2016
Chair of Almere Audit Office
2010 – 2015
Board member, Flevoland branch of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG)
2006 – 2013
Chair of participation council, De Olijfboom primary school, Almere
