Melanie Schultz van Haegen

Melanie Schultz van Haegen Henriėtte - Meuse Geesteranus ( born June 28, 1970 in Laag -Soeren ) is a Dutch politician of the Volkspartij voor de Vrijheid Democracy (VVD ). Since October 2010 she has been Minister for Infrastructure and Environment, first in the Cabinet Rutte I, then also in the Cabinet Rutte II

From 2002 to 2007 she was Secretary of State for Transport and Water Management in the Cabinets Balkenende I, II and III.

She studied public administration at the State University of Leiden and at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. She was a few years Assistant in Leiden.

Melanie Schultz van Haegen is married, has two children and is interested in art history. In 2007, she received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Orange- Nassau.

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