A military veteran who served in Afghanistan has been named as the new foreign minister of the Netherlands. Hanke Bruins Slot will replace Wopke Hoekstra.
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Hanke Bruins Slot served in the Dutch military in the war in Afghanistan before becoming the country’s interior minister in the caretaker administration of Mark Rutte.Christian Democrat leader Henri Bontenbal said "Hanke is more than qualified to make this move to the Foreign Ministry," Hanke Bruins Slot, a military veteran who served with the Dutch army in Afghanistan, was appointed Monday as the Netherlands' new foreign minister. She replaces Wopke Hoekstra, who is in line to become aBruins Slot had been interior minister in the caretaker administration of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte. His government will remain in power until a new coalition is formed after a Nov. 22 general election.
Polls suggest Bruins Slot's Christian Democrat Appeal party will suffer a heavy defeat in the fall election. The party put her forward early Monday to become the country's top diplomat. The government confirmed her appointment later in the day.
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