Ingrid van Engelshoven

Ingrid van Engelshoven

Ingrid K. van Engelshoven (born 12 July 1966 in Delfzijl) is a Dutch politician, management consultant and former civil servant. She is a member of Democrats 66 (Democraten 66). She was the party chairwoman from 12 May 2007 until 9 March 2013, and has been a D66 alderman of the municipal council of The Hague since 28 May 2010.

Van Engelshoven studied political science at Radboud University Nijmegen and law at Leiden University.

On 26 October 2017, van Engelshoven was appointed as Minister for Education, Culture and Science in Mark Rutte's third cabinet, the first member of D66 ever to hold this position.

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