Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Viceminister-president van Nederland
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Incumbent (1) Fleur Agema (2) Sophie Hermans (3) Eddy van Hijum (4) Mona Keijzer
Member of	Council of Ministers
Appointer	The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Formation	25 June 1945; 79 years ago (1945-06-25)
First holder	Willem Drees
Salary	€144,000 annually (including €7,887.24 expenses)

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The deputy prime minister of the Netherlands (Dutch: Viceminister-president van Nederland or Vicepremier van Nederland) is the official deputy of the head of government of the Netherlands. In the absence of the prime minister of the Netherlands the deputy prime minister takes over his functions, such as chairing the Cabinet of the Netherlands and the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands. Conventionally, all of the junior partners in the coalition get one deputy, and the deputies are ranked according to the size of their respective parties in the House of Representatives.