Maria van der Hoeven

Who is Maria van der Hoeven?

Maria Josephina Arnoldina van der Hoeven is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal party. She has been Executive Director of the International Energy Agency since 1 September 2011.

Van der Hoeven served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 11 June 1991 to 22 July 2002, when she became Minister of Education, Culture and Science, serving until 22 February 2007 in the first, second and third Balkenende cabinets. She again returned to the House of Representatives for two short periods, after the general elections in 2003 and 2006, serving from 30 January to 27 May 2003 and from 30 November 2006 to 22 February 2007. She was Minister of Economic Affairs from 22 February 2007 to 14 October 2010 in the fourth Balkenende cabinet.