Ministry Of Defence (Netherlands)
The Ministry of Defence (Ministerie van Defensie; MinDef) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for the Armed forces of the Netherlands and Veterans Affairs. The Ministry was created in 1813 as the Ministry of War and in 1928 was combined with the Ministry of the Navy. After World War II in the ministries were separated again, in this period the Minister of War and Minister of the Navy were often the same person and the State Secretary for the Navy was responsible for daily affairs of the Navy. In 1959 the ministries were merged. In 2008 the Ministry had 67,641 employees and is one of the largest employers in the Netherlands. The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Defence, currently Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.
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