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Christophe van der Maat
Christophe van der Maat
	Van der Maat in 2022
State Secretary for Defence
	In office; 10 January 2022 – 2 July 2024
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Minister	Kajsa Ollongren
Preceded by	Barbara Visser
Succeeded by	Gijs Tuinman
Member of North Brabant provincial executive
	In office; 22 May 2015 – 9 January 2022
Member of North Brabant provincial council
	In office; 2015–2015
	In office; 2019–2019
Personal details
Born	Christophe van der Maat; 29 October 1980 (age 44); Boxmeer, The Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Citizenship	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Political party	People's Party for ; Freedom and Democracy
Children	1
Alma mater	Tilburg University ; (mr., drs.)
Occupation	Politician; Jurist; Civil servant;
Website	Official website

Christophe van der Maat (born 29 October 1980) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). From January 2022 until July 2024, he served as State Secretary for Defence.^[1]

Early life and education

Van der Maat was born on 29 October 1980 in Boxmeer. From 1993 till 2000 he went to the Elzendaalcollege for his HAVO and VWO. From 2000 to 2006 he studied at the University of Tilburg, Dutch law (2000-2002), Public administration (2002-2005) and Master's in Constitutional Principles of International and European Law (2005-2006). ^[2]

Political career

Provincial politics

In 2015 and 2019 van der Maat was a member of the provincial council of North Brabant. Being the lead candidate from the VVD in North Brabant during the 2019 Dutch provincial elections. From 2015 till 2022 he was also a member of the North Brabant provincial executive, with responsibility for mobility, provincial organisation, knowledge institutions and cooperation (2015-2019) and for mobility, finance and provincial organisation and First Deputy King's Commissioner (2019-2022).^[3]

State Secretary of Defence, 2022–2024

On 10 January 2022 van der Maat was appointed State Secretary for Defence in the fourth Rutte cabinet.^[3]

He was succeeded by Gijs Tuinman on 2 July 2024, when the Schoof cabinet was sworn in.^[4]

Personal life

Van der Maat is married and has one child.^[2]

References

^ "Christophe van der Maat, nuchtere crisisbestrijder naar Defensie" (in Dutch). NOS. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Christophe van der Maat, Staatssecretaris van Defensie". Rijksoverheid.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Mr.Drs. Ch.A. (Christophe) van der Maat". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
^ "Ridder Gijs Tuinman wordt staatssecretaris op 'zijn' departement" [Knight Gijs Tuinman will become state secretary for 'his' department]. NOS (in Dutch). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

External links

Media related to Christophe van der Maat at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by Barbara Visser	State Secretary for Defence 2022–2024	Succeeded by Gijs Tuinman

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[1] "Christophe van der Maat, nuchtere crisisbestrijder naar Defensie" (in Dutch). NOS. Retrieved 22 November 2022.

[rijksoverheid.nl-2] "Christophe van der Maat, Staatssecretaris van Defensie". Rijksoverheid.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 September 2021.

[Parlement.com-3] "Mr.Drs. Ch.A. (Christophe) van der Maat". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 September 2021.

[Tuinman-4] "Ridder Gijs Tuinman wordt staatssecretaris op 'zijn' departement" [Knight Gijs Tuinman will become state secretary for 'his' department]. NOS (in Dutch). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

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