Aukje de Vries

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CabinetSchoof
Preceded byHanneke Boerma
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Aukje de Vries
De Vries in 2025
State Secretary for Foreign Trade and Development
In office
5 September 2025  23 February 2026
MinisterDavid van Weel
CabinetSchoof
Preceded byHanneke Boerma
State of Secretary for Finance
In office
10 January 2022  2 July 2024
Serving with Marnix van Rij
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byHans Vijlbrief
Alexandra van Huffelen
Succeeded byFolkert Idsinga
Nora Achahbar
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
6 December 2023  5 September 2025
Succeeded byDieke van Groningen
In office
8 November 2012  10 January 2022
Personal details
Born (1964-10-21) 21 October 1964 (age 61)
PartyPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy
OccupationPolitician

Aukje de Vries (born 21 October 1964) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

She was a member of the municipal council of Leeuwarden from 2002 to 2011 and a member of the provincial parliament of Friesland from 11 March 2011 until November 2012. De Vries became an MP on 8 November 2012, and she started serving as State of Secretary for Finance in the fourth Rutte cabinet on 10 January 2022. Her term ended on 2 July 2024, when the Schoof cabinet was sworn in.[1] In the House, De Vries was the VVD's spokesperson for government budget, monetary policy, financial markets, kingdom relations, and Wadden Sea.[2] De Vries joined the demissionary Schoof cabinet on 5 September 2025 as State Secretary for Foreign Trade and Development, succeeding Hanneke Boerma whose party left the cabinet.[3]

Electoral history of Aukje de Vries
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2010 House of Representatives People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 42 1,292 31 Lost [4]
2012 House of Representatives 45 1,352 41 Lost[a] [5]
2017 House of Representatives 18 5,795 33 Won [6]
2021 House of Representatives 8 9,146 34 Won [7]
2023 House of Representatives 8 7,124 24 Won [8]

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