Hugo de Jonge nominated as the King’s Commissioner in Zeeland

The province of Zeeland nominated Hugo de Jonge on Thursday as the King’s Commissioner for the next six years. This includes the Provincial Zeeland Courant and Omroep Zeeland. The 47-year-old De Jonge has been acting commissioner in Zeeland since last September; He then took over from Han Polman. The Provincial States now want to go through with him.

CDA’er de Jonge, who, among other things, was Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport for five years, has actively profiled himself as the figurehead of Zeeland in recent months, including in talk shows. As an acting, he was actively involved in the growth of the province. According to him, this is necessary to maintain facilities such as education and care, said He in a New Year’s speech last January.

When Judith Uitermark (NSC), outgoing Minister of the Interior, decides to take over the nomination of the province of Zeeland, the young will soon be appointed by the king. Normally a interior minister does that.

Born Zeeuw

De Jonge, a born Zeeland, was from 2022 to 2024 Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning and from 2023 to 2024 also Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. Before that, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport – he became best known in the Coronacrisis. He also made a shot at the leadership of the CDA. Before that he worked for years as an alderman in Rotterdam, where he currently still lives. As a commissioner, he will have to move to Zeeland.

The King’s Commissioner supervises, among other things, the policy process of the province and advises and mediates in administrative problems in municipalities. He also encourages cooperation between institutions and organizations in the province.

Correction (5 June, 11 p.m.): In an earlier version of this message it stated that De Jonge has been appointed as the King’s Commissioner; It was meant: ‘nominated’. That has been adjusted.

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