Judith UitermarkMinister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Born on 20 September 1971 in Edam, married
Party: New Social Contract (NSC)
A government that ensures good governance and stands side by side with ordinary people. A government that fosters trust and also gives people the freedom to find solutions themselves. These will be my priorities at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, which safeguards our fundamental rights and democracy – crucial foundations that we need to strengthen.
Good governance and relations between different layers of government, including municipal and provincial authorities
Finances of subnational authorities
Municipal boundary reform
Constitutional affairs
General Administrative Law Act
Elections
Employment conditions in the public sector
Top Incomes (Standardisation) Act (WNT)
Legal status of holders of political office
Political parties (legislation and financing)
The General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD)
Civil service and single sign-on software
Policy on autonomisation
The Senior Civil Service
The Electoral Council
Management responsibility for chapters IIA and IIB of the central government budget (Electoral Council, High Councils of State – including the Council of State, the National Ombudsman and the Court of Audit)
The Whistleblowers Authority
Cross-border cooperation
The peerage and the honours system (Civil Honours Council)
Central government-wide coordination of antidiscrimination efforts, the National Coordinator against Discrimination and Racism (NCDR)
Strengthening democracy, participation and resilient government
Open Government Act
Constitutional/administrative aspects of countering disinformation
Every Region Counts programme, including the nationwide distribution of jobs at central government bodies
The Urban Agenda
Coordination of follow-up to apology for the Netherlands’ role in the history of slavery
Coordination on harsh and inflexible provisions in legislation
2 July 2024
Appointed Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Schoof government
December 2023 – July 2024
Member of the House of Representatives for NSC
December 2009 – September 2023
Judge, North Holland District Court; (senior) judge, criminal law sector (2017-2023), children’s judge, family and youth law sector (2014-2016), judge, criminal law sector (2009-2013)
April 2015 – June 2022
National coordinator for mediation in criminal cases, Council for the Judiciary; also employed as a senior criminal law adviser (2017-2020)
December 2008 – December 2009
Law clerk and deputy judge, criminal law sector
April 2001 – December 2009
Trainee judicial officer, Central Netherlands District Court (Utrecht location); various positions in the criminal law, civil law and administrative law sectors (2001-2004); public prosecutor at Central Netherlands District Court (Utrecht location) (2004-2005); deputy judge, administrative law sector (2005-2006); internships at the Child Protection Board and the Ministry of Justice (2007-2008)
April 1998 – October 2001
Member of Haarlem municipal council for the Christian Democratic Alliance (CDA)
1994 – 2001
Dutch law, University of Amsterdam
1993 – 1995
Public administration (elective subjects), University of Amsterdam
1988 – 1993
International business, HEAO Haarlem; study and internship in Brest and Lyon, France (1990)
December 2022 – July 2024
Board member, Stichting Steun Hulpprojecten
April 1998 – October 2001
Chair of the objections and judicial review chamber, municipality of Haarlem; member of the objections and judicial review committee of the regional care-needs assessment body for South Kennemerland
February 1995 – April 1998
Staff member, CDA group in Haarlem municipal council
