Robert TiemanMinister of Infrastructure and Water Management
The ministry focuses on tangible issues that concern everyone in the Netherlands: clean drinking water, road safety, and transport by road, water, rail and air. I’m committed to working on these topics – for all of the Netherlands.
Road infrastructure
Water
Shipping (maritime affairs)
Aviation
Rijkswaterstaat (RWS)
19 June 2025
Appointed Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management in the Schoof government
June 2023 – June 2025
Member of the executive board of Delfland water authority
May 2021 – June 2023
Public affairs manager, western Netherlands section of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW)
November 2016 – May 2021
Manager, sustainability and business development, LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
June 2013 – November 2016
Policy adviser on environmental and sustainability issues, Deltalinqs
1999 – 2000
Postgraduate certificate in Port Management, University of Bradford School of Management
1995 – 2000
BSc in Marine and Navigation Engineering, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
June 2010 – June 2023
Member of the board of experts, Green Award Foundation
November 2016 – May 2021
Committee member, European Fuel Oxygenates Association (Sector Group of the European Chemical Industry Council)
June 2017 – March 2021
Chair of the advocacy team, Royal Association of the Dutch Chemical Industry (VNCI)
August 2014 – September 2019
Secretary, Havenvereniging Rotterdam (Port of Rotterdam Association)
